THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3776 of 2022

ORDER

This Criminal Petition has been filed seeking to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.01 of 2022 on the file of the Principal Judicial First Class Magistrate at Bhongir, wherein the petitioner was arrayed as accused, for the offences punishable under Section

506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’).

2. The case of the prosecution in brief is that on 09.08.2021, respondent No.2/ de-facto complainant lodged a complaint against the petitioner, alleging that the petitioner, being a public representative, took some youngsters to his farmhouse and assaulted them along with his henchmen. The said incident was recorded and the video footage was got viral on social media. As a result, the de-facto complainant lodged a complaint before the Human Rights Commission (HRC), which inturn directed respondent No.2 to file a complaint before the concerned police authorities. Accordingly, a complaint was lodged before the concerned Superintendent of Police. While the matter stood thus, on 31.07.2021, the petitioner aggrieved by the complaint, telephoned the complainant’s brother and issued a warning, challenging h