HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY Criminal Petition No.3097 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed under section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing further proceeding against the petitioner in Cr.No.45 of 2010 of Macherla PS. 2. Heard both sides. 3. On a complaint given by the 2nd respondent herein, police registered a case in FIR No.45 of 2010 for the offences under section 3(1)(x)of SC & ST (POA) act and Sections 341, 354, 379 and 506 IPC against the petitioner. According to the complainant, the petitioner borrowed Rs.50,000/- from her and in spite of her repeated demands, he did not return the amount and in that connection, there was some disputes between them and cases were also filed. The complainant alleges that the petitioner was forcing her to withdraw the earlier case, for which she did not agree and in that process on 21.02.2010 at about 6 p.m. the petitioner acrossed her on the road and abused her in filthy language and also in the name of her caste and pulled her hair and thrown her on the road and beat her indiscriminately and snatched away an amount of Rs.10,000/- from her jacket forcibly. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that earlier the complainant gave two similar complaints to the police making false allegations against the petitioner and in those complaints, she referred to borrowal of Rs.50,000/- by the petitioner and investigation in those cases did not reveal any incriminating material against the petitioner and the present complaint is one more attempt in the series by the 2nd respondent to harass the petitioner. 5. The truth or otherwise of the allegations contained in the complaint have to be ascertained only after due investigation, but not at this stage. It is not the case of the petitioner that the earlier complaints were referred by the police as false. Having regard to the fact that specific allegations have been made in the complaints attracting ingredients of the alleged offence, including the offence under section 3(1)(x) of the SC & ST (POA) Act, it is considered that the matter requires further investigation. There are no valid or sufficient grounds to quash the proceedings. Therefore, further proceedings against the petitioner in pursuance of the FIR No.45 of 2010 cannot be quashed by invoking the inherent powers under section 482 Cr.P.C. 6. It is stated that the petitioner is a government employee, working as forest guard. In the circumstances, the petitioner may not be arrested till the completion of the investigation. 7. Subject to the above direction, the criminal petition is dismissed. ___________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J Date: 13.10.2011 bss