THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5453 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners/Accused approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No. 21 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Mandasa registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324 read with 34 I.P.C. and Section 3(i)(x) of Scs. & STs. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The allegation against the petitioners is that they beat the 1st respondent by raising his caste name. Despite service of notice, the 1st respondent has not chosen to appear before the Court. Since there is a possibility of settlement between the parties, due to intervention of elders, the respondent police is directed to conduct the investigation without arresting the petitioners and file a final report either way. The Criminal Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. -------------------------------- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 10th November 2011 ksld