THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.739 of 2011 BETWEEEN: The State of A.P. rep. By the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. … Appellant AND Lakkakua Swamy … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.739 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The lower Court acquitted the accused of the charges under Section 290 I.P.C. and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 by the impugned judgment. According to the prosecution, when the accused and PW5 were quarrelling with each other in a public street, PW1 interfered and tried to pacify them and thereupon, the accused abused her in the name of caste. All the alleged eye witnesses, including PW5 turned hostile to the prosecution. Except the solitary testimony of the de facto complainant, there is no other evidence. When there is possibility of independent evidence and in the absence of such independent evidence, the lower Court rightly did not place any reliance on the evidence of PW1, which is left un-corroborated. There are no grounds to interfere in the order of acquittal recorded by the lower Court. 2. Hence, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed. _____________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J Dated: 08.06.2011 ysk THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJUL CRIMINAL APPEAL No.739 of 2011 DATED: 08.06.2011 ysk