HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3374 of 2011 Dated 30.4.2011 Between: Seelam Ravi and others. …Petitioners. And: The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and another. …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3374 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed for quashing the FIR in Cr.No.28 of 2011 of Achanta Police Station, West Godavari District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Public Prosecutor. The offences alleged are those punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and S.354 IPC read with S.34 IPC. 3. The complainant is one Settum Surya Kumari and the report is said to have been given by her on 06.4.2011. The plea of the petitioners is that earlier Seelam Ravi (first petitioner) gave a representation on 02.4.2011 to the Superintendent of Police, West Godavari District complaining against the relatives of Surya Kumari in connection with a dispute and hence the present complaint is filed by Surya Kumari as a counter blast to the said representation of the first petitioner to the Superintendent of Police. However the allegations in the FIR have to be investigated by the police and there is no reason to quash the FIR. 4. It may be noted that the petitioners 2 and 3 are ladies and among them 3rd petitioner is said to be an aged person while 4th petitioner is said to be a student. Having regard to the plea of the first petitioner and in the above circumstances I am of the opinion that their arrest can be postponed while directing the police to go ahead with investigation. 5. In the circumstances, the police are directed to go ahead with the investigation but they may go for the arrest of the petitioners after the completion of investigation and filing of the charge sheet if any. 6. This Criminal Petition is accordingly disposed of. ____________________________ Justice N.RAVI SHANKAR Dated 30.4.2011. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.3374 of 2011 Dated 30.4.2011