THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8815 of 2009 Dated : 28.10.2009 Between : Kolla Kishore Kumar & others ….. Petitioners/A.1 to A.3 a n d 1) Kalli Vasu @ Chinna 2) The State of A.P. ….. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8815 OF 2009 ORDER : This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.306 of 2009 of Chirala I Town Police Station registered for the offence punishable under Section 3 (1) (x) of SC & ST (POA) Act, 1989, and Section 323 of Indian Penal Code. 2) The allegations made against the petitioners are that when t h e defacto complainant asked the petitioners to pay his salary amount, the petitioners abused him by taking his caste name and A.1 and A.2 also beat him indiscriminately with hands. 3) Heard. 4) Admittedly, the case is still at the stage of investigation. As such, it is too premature to decide as to whether there is any material against the petitioners or not. However, as the complaint did not reveal any substantial allegations to constitute the alleged offences, it is directed that the petitioners shall not be arrested till filing of charge sheet, if any. The investigation and consequential steps on the basis of the investigation shall go on and in case charge sheet is filed, the petitioners are at liberty to challenge the same. 5) Accordingly, the criminal petition is disposed of. ______________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 28th October, 2009 sur