THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.914 of 2010 DATED: 01.07.2010 Between: M. Manohar .. Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, Kurnool, Kurnool District and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondent police. Petitioner states that, on his complaint, the 3rd respondent- Sub Inspector of Police, Bethamcherla, Kurnool District, registered a case in Crime No.217 of 2009 against one Vankaradinne Bhaskar, Kotta Golla Venkateswarlu and Chilumukuru Nageswara Rao, all residents of Rudravaram Village, Bethamcharla Mandal, Kurnool District, for the offences punishable under Sections 324 and 506 read with 34 I.P.C. and Section 3 (1) (x) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is the case of the petitioner that pursuant to registration of the said crime, accused Nos.1 and 2 were arrested and remanded to judicial custody, but however, in the remand report, the police have not indicated the offence punishable under Section 3 (1) (x) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, with a view to enable the accused to obtain bail, and further the respondent police are taking steps to delete the name of accused No.3 namely Chilumukuru Nageswara Rao from the crime proceedings. He, therefore, filed the present writ petition seeking appropriate directions. Today, when the matter is taken up for consideration, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home placed before this Court the written instructions obtained by him from the Station House Officer, Bethamcherla Police Station, wherein it is stated that, pursuant to registration of the aforesaid crime, the petitioner and other witnesses were examined and their statements were recorded, and accused Nos.1 and 2 were arrested on 05.01.2010. It is further stated that the investigation established that accused No.3-Ch.Nageswara Rao has not committed the offences alleged and, hence, proposals were sent to the Superintendent of Police, Kurnool, to delete the name of accused No.3 from the crime proceedings. It is also stated that, after completion of investigation, appropriate report/charge sheet will be filed before the concerned Court at the earliest. Placing on record the aforesaid written instructions of the Station House Officer, Bethamcherla Police Station, the writ petition is closed, reserving liberty to the petitioner to pursue the remedies available to him under the Code of Criminal Procedure, against the deletion of name of accused No.3 from the subject crime proceedings. No order as to costs. ________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 1st July, 2010 IBL