THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.3611 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioners 1 to 3 are stated to be A.2, A.4 and A.5 in Crime No.33 of 2010 of Penumantra Police Station. Except a copy of F.I.R., no other document is filed along with this petition. In the copy of F.I.R., petitioners 2 and 3 are not figuring as accused persons. It is stated that the police are harassing petitioners 2 and 3, even though they are not named as persons who participated in the offence in the report given by the second respondent/de facto complainant. Without showing that petitioners 2 and 3 also figured as accused persons, this petition at their instance, for quashing F.I.R., is not maintainable as they have no locus standi for the same. It is contended by the petitioners’ counsel that in the remand report relating to the other accused, the petitioners 2 and 3 were also shown as accused persons. No copy of remand report is filed before this Court. Insofar as the first petitioner/A.2 is concerned, his name finds place in the report given by the de facto complainant. Disputes arose when there was persistent blowing of horn in front of house of the defacto complainant, and then he came out and picked up quarrel with the persons responsible there for. It is alleged that the defacto complainant was beaten by tying his hands and he was paraded on road and he was tied to a current pole. Subsequently, the police sent him to Government hospital for treatment where he was admitted as in- patient. The crime was registered for offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 342, 324, 149 IPC and Section 3 (1) (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (in short, the Act). It is contended by the petitioners’ counsel that in the statement given to the police the defacto complainant did not name his caste. Even in the descriptive particulars of the first informant, his caste was noted as ‘Mala’. It is further contended that there is no allegation that he was abused in the name of his caste. Section 3(1) (x) of the Act comes into place when there is intentional insult or intimidation to a person belonging to the Scheduled Caste at any place within the public view. Abusing a person in the name of his caste is not the only requirement thereunder. It is only an illustration of insulting the person belonging to Scheduled Caste. Any other type of insulting or intimidation towards a person belonging to Scheduled Caste is covered by Section 3 (1) (x) of the Act. As pointed out earlier, in this case the defacto complainant was beaten out side his house by tying his hands, he was paraded with tied hands on public road and he was also tied to an electric pole. If all these facts are proved to be true, then they certainly attract liability under Section 3(1) (x) of the Act. Truth or falsity of the allegations is a question of fact, which this Court cannot go into and decide in this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. It is contended by the petitioners’ counsel that the defacto complainant is a psychic patient and that because of that reason, he was not pursuing his avocation of Medical Doctor. All these matters are questions of fact and they cannot be agitated in this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. I find no merit in this petition. Hence, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________________ (SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J.) 22nd April, 2010 Js.