IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE : PRESENT : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE: A.GOPAL REDDY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE: K.C.BHANU CRIMINAL APPEAL No.1664 of 2006 (Criminal Appeal under Sec. 374(2) of Cr.P.C. preferred to the High Court against the Judgment of the Court of the Special Judge for trial for offences under SC/ST (POA) Act-cum-V Addl. Dist. Judge, Medak at Sangareddy made in SC/ST.S.C.No. 1/2006 dt. 08-12-2006) Between: 1. Vadla Nagaraju 2. Vadla Lachalu 3. Vadla Sudershan 4. Vadla Nagamani. Appellants AND State of A.P., through State Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. Respondent The Appeal coming on for hearing upon perusing the petition and Grounds filed herein and the orders of the High Court dated. 18-12-2006 made in Crl.A.M.P.No. 2063/2006 and order dated. 15-04-2009 made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri C.Pratap Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioners and of the Public Prosecutor for the Respondent, the Court made the following ORDER: “ Pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 15-04-2009, the statements of the parents of the victim girl as well as the parents of the accused were recorded by the Inspector of Police and forwarded to this Court. But the statement of the victim girl has not been recorded. Having regard to the said fact, we deem it appropriate to record the statement of the victim girl also. Therefore, the Registry is directed to forward these statements to the Court of the Special Judge for Trial of offences under SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act-cum-V Additional District Judge, Medak at Sangareddy, to record the statements of the victim girl as well as her parents and parents-in-law to know the factum of the marriage between A.1 and the victim girl and that the victim girl is properly treated as daughter-in-law by the parents of the accused or not for considering the case of A.1 and for awarding appropriate sentence on him. The victim girl as well as her in-laws shall appear before the V Additional District Judge, Medak for recording their statements.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Special Judge for trial for offences under SC/ST (POA) Act-cum-V Addl. Dist. Judge, Medak at Sangareddy. (By Speed Post/RPAD) 2. The Inspector of Police, Shankarampet (R) Police Station, Medak District. (By Speed Post/RPAD) 3. The Section Officer, Criminal Section, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 4. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P.Hyd(OUT) 5. One CC to Sri C.Pratap Reddy, Advocate, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (By Spl. Messenger) 6. Two spare copies. SAH HIGH COURT AGRJ & KCBJ DATED: 27-04-2009 ORDER CRL.A.NO. 1664 OF 2006 DIRECTION DRAFTED BY: SAH APPROVED BY: DRAFTED ON: 27-04-2009 HIGH COURT AGRJ & KCBJ DATED: 27-04-2009 ORDER CRL.A.NO. 1664 OF 2006 DIRECTION