ORDER :

1. This Criminal Petition is filed by petitioner/A.3 under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, „Cr.P.C‟) seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.109 of 2022 of Sullurupet Police Station, Nellore District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 448, 326, 324, 323, 427 and 506 read with 34 Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, „I.P.C‟)

and Section 3 (1) (r) (s) of SCs & STs (POA) Act, 1989 (for short, „the act‟).

2. Brief facts of the prosecution case is that, the offences allegedly said to have been occurred on 15.08.2023 at about 21.40 hours at Soniagandhi nagar, Sullurupeta town, at that time, there was heavy rain and water stagnated on the street. All the accused were travelling in the car and A.4 was driving the car rashly. When the car passed, the water stagnated on the road have spilled on Sridhar and his wife and those two persons stopped the car. A1 and five members have got down the car and arguing with Sridhar and his wife. The defacto complainant‟s father was standing on the road. A1 along with other accused picked up quarrel with the defacto complainant‟s father and abused him by touching his caste on the pretext that defacto co