THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5540 of 2011 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to quash the proceedings in F.I.R.No.32 of 2011 on the file of the Station House Officer, Mulakalapally Police Station, Khammam District for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short “the Act”). According to the claim of the petitioner, she also belongs to Scheduled Caste community and offence as such is not punishable. Furthermore, the disputes are said to be with regard to some chit transactions. The fact whether the petitioner belongs to Scheduled Caste community and as to whether the provisions of Section 3(1)(x) of the Act attract and the offence is made out or not, can only be decided after the investigation. Therefore, at this stage, it is very difficult to quash the proceedings. But, however, the police are directed to proceed with the investigation and not to arrest the accused till filing of the charge sheet, if any. With the above directions, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 12-07-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5540 of 2011 DATE: 12-07-2011 MR