THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 4 seeking to quash the proceedings against them in SC No.53 of 2021 on the file of VII Additional District & Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar, registered for the offences under Sections 447, 427 read with 34 IPC and 3(1)(r)(s)(g) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (for short ‘SC & ST Act’)

2. Heard Sri M. Damodar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State and Sri S. Rama Mohana Rao, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners have never trespassed into the land of the de facto complainant and that they are facing false allegations in this case. He further submitted that the villagers were digging the canal which was already in existence, but the de facto complainant is under a misconception that the villagers have trespassed into his land while digging the canal. He further has pointed out that there are proceedings of the District Collector, Wanaparthy, dated 05.01