HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 208 OF 2010. DATED 11TH FEBRUARY, 2010. BETWEEN Sakinala Gumpa Swamy and anr …Petitioners and State of AP, through its Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Hyderabad, and, anr. …Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 208 OF 2010. ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is ﬁled by the petitioners-Accused Nos. 1 and 2 seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.No.111 of 2009 of Sitanagaram Police Station, vizianagaram District, registered under Section 3(L) of the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act ,1989. Heard. The oﬀence alleged against the petitioners is under Section 3(L) of the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act ,1989. Considering the nature of allegations levelled against the petitioners and as the investigation is still in progress, it is not a ﬁt case to quash the proceedings at this stage of investigation. However, considering the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioners shall not be arrested till ﬁling of the charge sheet, if any. However, investigation and consequential steps on the basis of result of investigation shall go on. The Criminal Petition is disposed of with the above direction. --------------------------------- ------------ JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY DATED 11T H FEBRUARY, 2010. Msnr.