HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9728 OF 2010 ORDER: This petition is filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 to quash the proceedings in Crime Number 334 of 2010 of Police Station Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad, which was registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Secs. 324, 506 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The complainant is working as Office Assistant in Vaartha Head Office and when he went to the Regional Office situated at Flat No. 4-3-352 at Koti, Bank Street, he is said to have been mishandled and abused by caste by the accused persons i.e., petitioners herein. The learned counsel for the petitioners contends that so far as the disputed premises is concerned it belongs to the accused persons. There is a dispute with regard to the possession and enjoyment of the property and also rights there-under. According to the counsel for the petitioners, in order to harass the petitioners, series of complaints have been initiated at the instance of the other family members to implicate the petitioners. Therefore, taking into consideration the above submissions and to know the truth or otherwise of the allegations made in the petition, the police are permitted to proceed with the investigation. But, however, the arrest of the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 is stayed till completion of the investigation. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. _______________________________ JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO Date:20.10.2011 INL