IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5244 OF 2009 Between: B. Lakshminarayana, S/o. Rama Naidu …… Petitioner AND The Station House Officer, Pamidi Police Station, Anantapur District & 2 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5244 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner B. Lakshminarayana seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.93 of 2009 of Pamidi Police Station, Pamidi, Anantapur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 509 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is of abusing the de facto complainant Smt. M. Manjula, respondent No.2 herein, by caste. 4. Petitioner is said to be a newspaper reporter and admittedly certain articles were published by him in the newspaper alleging corruption by the de facto complainant. Thus, there is material in support of the contention of the petitioner that there is a grouse for the de facto complainant to falsely implicate him. Added to that the complaint was given after one-and-half month of the incident. 5. In the circumstances, it is a fit case where arrest of the petitioner can be stayed till filing of the charge sheet, if any. 6. Therefore, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 7. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 20, 2009. PV