IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRL.P.No.12497 of 2010 Between:- Vanajakshamma and another …Petitioners A n d The State of A.P., Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another …Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY CRL.P.No.12497 of 2010 ORDER: This petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C for quashing further proceedings against the petitioners/A-1 & A-2 in Cr.No.56 of 2010 of Holagunda Police Station, Kurnool District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State. Perused the record. 3. Based on the complaint given by the second respondent, the police registered a case against the petitioners/A-1 & A-2 in Cr.No.56 of 2010 for the offences under Sections 3(i) (iv) and 3(i) (v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Section 427 read with 34 IPC. According to the complainant, who is a retired Tahasildar, he belongs to scheduled caste community and that he owns Ac.1-74 cents of land in Sy.No.8B3 and he raised paddy crop in the said land and that the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 are neighbouring land owners having their land in Sy.Nos.11 and 12 and there has been a dispute between the complainant and the petitioners regarding rastha and petitioners filed O.S.No.141 of 2010 before the Senior Civil Judge, Adoni claiming rastha through the fields of the complainant. He would further allege that on 08-09-2010, the petitioners along with their men, trespassed into the land of the complainant and removed and damaged the standing crop. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that in O.S.No.141 of 2010, the Court granted temporary injunction in favour of the petitioners/A- 1 and A-2 and as a counter-blast, the second respondent gave a false complaint. The truth or otherwise of the allegations made in the complaint can be ascertained only after due investigation. 4. Having regard to the specific allegation made in the complaint to the effect that the second respondent belongs to scheduled caste community and that the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 have trespassed into his land and damaged the standing crop, the matter requires investigation. It is, therefore, considered not a fit case to invoke the inherent powers of the Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C., and quash further proceedings against the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 in Cr.No.56 of 2010 of Holagunda Police Station, Kurnool District. The investigation shall, therefore, go on. However, the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 may not be arrested till the conclusion of investigation and filing of the charge sheet, if any. 5. In the result, the criminal petition is dismissed, with the above direction. _____________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J 15th December, 2010 Note:: CC by 20-12-2010 B/o Lrkm.