IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.661 of 2008 Between: Manchala Ramakrishna Reddy and three others … Petitioners And Kudala Satya Babu and another … Respondents This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.661 of 2008 ORDER: - This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “Cr.P.C.”), is filed to quash the proceedings in Sessions Case No.36 of 2008 on the file of the Court of Special Judge for S.Cs and S.Ts (POA) Act, Kurnool. The charge sheet filed against the accused in P.R.C.No.123 of 2007, which is later numbered as Sessions Case No.36 of 2008, clearly discloses that when the complainant/list witnesses 1 to 4 went to the Village Secretary and asked to sanction the pensions to their parents, the accused who are sitting abutting the room went out and told them that they have to receive the pension whenever they were paid. When L.Ws.1 to 4 replied that they only asked the E.O. and not the accused, then the accused grew wild and abused them in the name of their caste and so scolding, beat them with hands and kicked with legs and committed an offence punishable under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and under Sections 3(1)(x) of the S.Cs, S.Ts (POA) Act. When there is a specific allegation about the participation of the accused in abusing and beating L.Ws.1 to 4 with hands and scolding them in the name of their caste, the prosecution may be given an opportunity to prove its case. No grounds are made out for quashing the proceedings. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J 24th June 2010 lmv