HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN CRIMINAL PETITION No.4216 OF 2025

ORDER

Heard Mr. C. Hari Preeth, learned counsel for the petitioner –

accused, Mr. Palle Nageswara Rao, learned Public Prosecutor for the State appearing on behalf of respondent No.1 and Mr. Chalakani Venkat Yadav, learned counsel for respondent No.2 - de facto complainant. 2. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section - 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNSS’), to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.254 of 2025 of L.B.

Nagar Police Station.

3. The petitioner herein is the sole accused in the aforesaid crime.

The offences alleged against him are under Section - 3 (2) (va), 3 (1) (w) (ii) and 3 (r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 and Section - 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

4. On the complaint of respondent No.2, dated 17.03.2025, L.B.

Nagar Police has registered the aforesaid crime against the petitioner for the aforesaid offences.

5. As per the complaint, dated 17.03.2025 of respondent No.2, the allegations levelled against the petitioner are as follows:

i) On 17.03.2025, the petiti