IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3237 OF 2011 BETWEEN M. Jagan … Petitioner AND Onteru Manikyam and another … Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3237 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner herein is stated to be the fifth accused in Crime No.51 of 2011 on the file of the Police Station, Kazipet, Warangal. He filed this petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (for short ‘Cr.P.C’) for quashing the proceedings in the said F.I.R in so far he is concerned. 2. The offences alleged against him in the aforesaid Crime No.51 of 2011 are those punishable under Sections 326, 452 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘I.P.C’) and Section 3 (ii)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (POA) Act, 1989 (for short ‘the Act’). The incident is said to have occurred in connection with a land dispute. A perusal of the First Information Report shows that the petitioner is not described as an actual assailant but he is said to have been present at the scene and instigated the assailants and it is also mentioned that some of the persons in the defacto complaint party suffered grievous hurt. 3. The plea of the petitioner is that he also belongs to the Scheduled Caste community but that by itself is not a ground to accept his case in this petition though the offence under the Act may not apply to him on that ground as there are other offences. 4. What should be noted is that the allegations made in the F.I.R do certainly disclose offences against this petitioner also and it cannot be said that this is a case where the allegations even if believed do not disclose any offence against him. 5. In the circumstances, it follows that this petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C cannot be entertained. 6. Accordingly, this criminal petition is dismissed. ______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J April 13, 2011 SP THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3237 OF 2011 April 13, 2011 SP