THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU On Wednesday, the twenty first day of September Two thousand and five. W.P. NO.3472 of 2005 Vadapalli Srinivas ……….Petitioner. And The District Collector, Khammam District and others. ………Respondents. O R D E R: The present writ petition is filed by the petitioner, seeking to quash the Crime No.45 of 2005, registered against him, on the file of the 3rd respondent, registered under Section 506 IPC and 3(i)(x) of the S.C. & S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, (for short ‘the Act’). None appears for the petitioner. The allegation of the affidavit is that a counter case, against the complaint, which was registered by the petitioner against the 5th respondent and Mallikarjun, before the 3rd respondent, in Crime No.44/2005, under Section 294(b), 323, 506 r/w 34 IPC, the present case, is filed. Therefore, except the above allegation, there is no other allegation, so as to conclude that the registration of the crime is violative of Article 19 and 21 of the Constitution as contended by the petitioner. It is a statutory duty of the police to conduct investigation and their statutory duty cannot be curtailed. Since the allegation in the complaint made out prima facie case under Section 3(1)(x) of the Act, respondents are justified in their action. The Writ Petition is dismissed vacating the interim order granted earlier. No costs. -------------------------- Justice K.C.BHANU. 21st September 2005. BCS