THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.541 of 2011 BETWEEEN: The State of A.P. … Appellant AND Kotha Devendra … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.541 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The respondent/accused was acquitted by the Special Sessions Judge for trial of offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (in short, the Act), Karimnagar of the charge under Section 3(1)(x) of the said Act. There was property dispute between the accused and her son, PW8. When the accused constructed basement in the disputed property, PW8 engaged PW1/victim and other witnesses as labourers for removing the basement of the accused in the disputed site. It is alleged that during that time, the accused went there and questioned the activity of PWs 1 to 8 at her property and that after ascertaining the caste of PW1 as Madiga caste, the accused abused her in the name of her caste. The lower Court after considering the entire evidence on record, came to the conclusion that because of the property disputes between the accused and her son PW8, PW8 got false case filed against his own mother through PW1. It is evident on reading of the material placed before me that PW8 engaged the labourers not only for doing an illegal activity of removing the basement constructed by his mother, but also for launching and supporting the prosecution for this false offence. The lower Court rightly came to the conclusion in favour of the accused. 2. Hence, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed. _____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J Dated: 15.04.2011 ysk