THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9834 of 2009 Dated : 25.11.2009 Between : A.Srinivas ….. Petitioner/Accused a n d The State of A.P. & another ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9834 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner/accused seeking to quash the proceedings in crime No.138 of 2009 of Veenavanka Police Station, registered for the offence punishable under Section 506 IPC and Section 3 (i) (x) of SC & ST (POA) Act. 2) Heard. 3) The allegations against the petitioner are that on 02.10.2009 when the defacto complainant asked the petitioner about the accounts of Gram Panchayath, petitioner abused him in filthy language by taking his caste name. 4) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner herein filed a complaint against the defacto complainant and as a counter blast to the same the defacto complainant filed the present false complaint on the same day against the petitioner. The genuineness of the present complaint has to be decided by the trial Court during trial and basing on the material on record it cannot be said that there is no prima facie material against the petitioner. Therefore, this petition is liable to be dismissed. 5) However, considering the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of investigation shall go on. 6) Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 25th November, 2009 SUR