THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE K. SUJANA CRIMINAL PETITION No.3408 of 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in S.C.Spl.No.137 of 2023 on the file of the learned VII Additional District and Sessions Judge for SC/ST and (POA) Act cases, Warangal, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 294-b, 427 read with

34 of IPC and Section 3(1)(s) of the SCs/STs (POA) Act.

2. The brief facts of the case are that on 22.06.2023 at about 6.00 a.m., the complainant along with his friends went to the agricultural fields of Samala Papi Reddy, where a quarrel was taking place between Papi Reddy and his brother. While they stood on the road, Samala Surender Reddy and his mother Samala Soundaramma abused them in filthy caste- based language, kicked the tractor belonging to the complainant’s paternal uncle Kolepaka Bixapathi, removed the air from the engine tires, and further abused them. The complainant and his friends returned home in a depressed state and narrated the incident to their colony elder, Kolepaka Bixapathi, who admonished them for not informing him immediately.

3. Heard Sri Sanjeev Reddy Gillella, learned counsel appeari