THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3356 of 2011 Date: 18.04.2011 Between: Basava Sankar Raju …..Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another …..Respondents THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3356 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is shown as the accused in Crime No.140 of 2011 on the file of Police Station, Machavaram, Vijayawada. The case has been registered for an offence punishable under Section 3(i)(xi) of S.C. and S.T. (POA) Act, 1989 (for short, the Act) on the report of the de facto complainant. The allegations are that the de facto complainant is a person/woman belonging to a scheduled caste and the petitioner was after her demanding for cohabitation or sexual intercourse and insulted her and even used threatening words. Sri Sarvotham Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner says that the petitioner is totally innocent and the case is a foisted one. This is a disputed question of fact, which cannot be gone into this petition. As the matters stand the allegations made in the complaint show an offence under Section 3(i)(xi) of the Act and other offences relating to assault on a woman and offence of outraging the modesty of a woman. In these circumstances, this Court cannot interfere in this matter. The petitioner is stated to be a Government employee and the police may take into consideration Section 41 Cr.P.C. as it stands before taking a decision to arrest him. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission. _________________________ JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR 18th April, 2011 Tjmr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO.3356 of 2011 DATE: 18.04.2011