IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8878 OF 2009 Between: 1. Avirneni Prapurna Chand 2. Thummala Venkateswara Rao 3. Katragadda Kamalakara Rao 4. Thalasila Praveen ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 4 AND Bale Anandha Rao & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8878 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Avirneni Prapurna Chand, Thummala Venkateswara Rao, Katragadda Kamalakara Rao and Thalasila Praveen – accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.107 of 2009 on the file of Ghantasala Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 426 and 352 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard. 3. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 4. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 29, 2009. NOTE: Dispatch the order by today itself. (B/O) PV