THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.9672 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners are accused in Crime No.93 of 2010 of Cheriyal Police Station registered for the offences under Section 290 I.P.C. and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short ‘the Act’). During the course of investigation, it appears that the complainant/first respondent herein approached the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Janagoan, with his caste elders and stated that the above-said complaint was not given on his own, but for the disputes between the first petitioner and one R. Ramachandram, and accordingly sought to withdraw the said complaint. However, as no action has been initiated, the petitioners approached this Court by filing the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. The first respondent filed an affidavit dated 26.09.2010, relevant portion of which, reads as under: “I submit that on the basis of the report given by me a case in Crime No.93/2010 was registered against Veerabathini Janardhan, Veerabathini Ashok, Veerabathini Ranadheer, Veerabathini Lalitha, Veerabathini Chinna Vittal and Paka Chennaiah for an offence under Sec.290 of IPC and Sec.3(1) (x) of SC, ST (POA) Act, 1989. I have given the said report at the instance of Sri R. Ramachandram, S/o Ramaiah though no such incident whatsoever was occurred on 02.06.2010 as stated in the said complaint. I came to know that Sri R.Ramachandram and Sri V. Janardhan have dispute with regard to the land. I came to know that Mr. R. Ramachandram insisted me to file the above complaint due to civil dispute between him and Mr. V. Janardhan. Having realized the same I have approached the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Janagoan along with my caste elders and requested him to close the case since no incident was occurred but he is not accepting my request. I submit that I do not have any interest to continue the criminal case registered against the accused in FIR No.93/2010 and the same may be closed.” The complainant/first respondent is present before the Court and when questioned, he admitted the fact that he gave the above affidavit on his own and that he also approached the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Janagoan for withdrawal of the complaint, in vain. He requested the Court to close the case. Offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Act is, no doubt, non-compoundable in nature and neither the Police nor the Court can close such offences. But, when the complainant/first respondent himself states that he is not interested in getting the matter prosecuted, if the said proceedings are not quashed, it will be a futile exercise for the Police to investigate into the matter and file charge sheet and even after filing of the charge sheet, the accused may not be convicted for the reason that the complainant himself is not coming forward admitting the allegations in his complaint. In the circumstances, this Court finds it appropriate to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. Accordingly, the proceedings in Crime No.93 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Cheriyal, Warangal District, are hereby quashed against the petitioners and the Criminal Petition is allowed. ___________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 01st October , 2010 GHN