IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5491 OF 2009 Between: 1. Shabad Yadaiah 2. Shabad Ashok 3. Shabad Sekar ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 to 3 AND Gunti Jyothi Laxmi & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.5491 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Shabad Yadaiah, Shabad Ashok and Shabad Sekar, accused Nos.1 to 3 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.345 of 2009 of RGI Airport Police Station, Shamshabad, Cyberabad, registered for the offences under Sections 324 read with 34 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 admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 21, 2009. NOTE: Dispatch the order within two days. (B/O) PV