THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8217 of 2009 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to quash the proceedings in Crime No.84 of 2009 on the file of the Police Station, Veldurthi, Guntur District, for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 323 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short “the Act”). The contention of the petitioners is that there are no specific allegations and there is only a general allegation that the accused have abused by caste and, therefore, the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Act is not attracted. But, however, as the matter stands, the FIR discloses the names of the accused persons and the allegation that the accused abused by caste. It is only during the course of investigation, the truth or otherwise of the allegations have to be determined. Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, I do not find any reason to quash the proceedings, at this stage, after considering the prima facie allegations in the FIR, which are subject to verification and investigation by police. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 13-10-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8217 of 2009 DATE: 13-10-2011 MR