THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3457 of 2021

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 9, seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.361 of 2021 on the file of the Medchal Police Station, Cyberabad, for the offences punishable under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 3(i)(l)(r) and 3(i)(l)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 (for short ‘SC/ST (POA) Amendment Act’).

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that, on 03.04.2021, the de-facto complainant lodged a complaint stating that she is working as a Secondary Grade Bioscience Teacher at ZPHS (Girls), Medchal. She mentioned that earlier, while proceeding in school, her leg accidentally touched Teacher Rathnamala. Following this, Teachers Rathnamala and Prashanthi allegedly abused her in the name of caste and attacked her by throwing chairs. Another Teacher, Prameela, also supported them. Furthermore, the complainant stated that Rathnamala, Prashanthi, Prameela, along with Srilatha, Usha Kiran, Manjusha, Vijayabarathi, Radhika, and Vijayalakshmi, had been mental