IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.11130 OF 2009 Between: K. Pratap Reddy, S/o. K.S.V. Basivi Reddy ……Petitioner – Accused AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.11130 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner K. Pratap Reddy, accused, seeking to quash the FIR against him in Crime No.1254 of 2009 of Banjara Hills Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 3 (1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and 506 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of the investigation shall go on, but the petitioner shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. 4. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 31, 2009. NOTE: Dispatch the order by today itself. (B/O) PV