THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION No.6148 OF 2011 ORDER: 1 Heard Sri Bethi Venkateshwarlu learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Mohd. Asif Uddin learned counsel for the second respondent and also the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2 The matter relates to an offence punishable under section 3 (i) (X) of the S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act, 1989 (for short ‘the Act’). The FIR allegations do show that the petitioner has abused the second respondent in the name of his caste, which is a Scheduled Caste and humiliated him. The FIR reads that the incident took place in a hotel. 3 The learned counsel for the petitioner pointed out that the second respondent earlier filed cases against some others and he is in the habit of filing of such cases demanding money and police are also now pressurizing him to compromise the matter with the second respondent by paying him money. On the other hand, the counsel for the second respondent denied this. As matter stands, it is not necessary to go into this aspect and having regard to the allegations in the FIR, which show an offence under the Act, it follows that the relief of quashing the FIR cannot be granted. 4 Petitioner’s counsel says that the petitioner is a hotelier at Vemulavada and he is innocent and that he has nothing to do with the second respondent. But these aspects are denied by the other side. In the circumstances, having regard to the fact that custodial interrogation of the petitioner may not be necessary, having regard to the nature of the offence, the police shall take a decision about the arrest of the petitioner after completion of the investigation. 5 This petition is accordingly disposed of at the admission stage. ------------------------ N. RAVI SHANKAR,J. 26.07.2011 C.C. in two days B/o Kvsn