THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6733 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner – Accused No.11 approaches this Court by way of invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.51 of 2011 of Kazipet Police Station, Warangal District, registered for the offence under Sections 452, 326 and 109 IPC and Section 3(ii) V of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Heard. Learned counsel for the petitioner draw the attention of this Court towards the certificate issued by the competent authority in the name of the petitioner herein, which clearly indicates that the petitioner is also belongs to Scheduled Caste Madiga Community. As rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner, no offence is attracted against the petitioner under the provisions of the SC & ST (POA) Act, since he also belongs to the same community and further the learned counsel submitted that the petitioner’s presence alone is mentioned and no specific overt act is stated in the complaint. This Court is of the view that the offence under Section 3(ii) V of SC & ST (POA) Act is not attracted against the petitioner, as far as the other offences are concerned, it is a matter to be investigated into even though there is no specific overt act against the petitioner. Hence, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at the stage. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 8th August 2011, Rns.