IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE NINTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6877 OF 2009 Between: 1. T. Amarnath 2. Y.V. Anjaneyulu 3. VSR Murthy 4. V.S. Krishna Mohan ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 4 AND State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.6877 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners T. Amarnath, Y.V. Anjaneyulu, VSR Murthy and V.S. Krishna Mohan, accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.194 of 2009 of One Town Police Station, Kothagudem, Khammam District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 294(b) & 506 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, which they can challenge. 4. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 19, 2009. PV