IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9257 OF 2009 Between: 1. N. Veera Prasad 2. N. Saikrishna @ Babji ……Petitioner - accused Nos.1 & 2 AND Bunga Babu Ratnakar & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9257 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.193 of 2009 of Khammam Two Town Police Station, Khammam, registered for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard. 3. The material on record reveals that there are disputes between the parties with regard to digging of the land by the side of the house of the petitioners causing damage to their house and for that the petitioners have given a complaint against the de facto complainant and it is the contention of the petitioners that the present complaint against them is a counter blast to the complaint given by them. 4. In the circumstances, 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. 5. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission itself. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 6, 2009. PV