HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1069 OF 2010. DATED 11TH FEBRUARY, 2010. BETWEEN A.Prathap Reddy …Petitioner 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. 1069 OF 2010. ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is ﬁled by the petitioner-Accused No.1 seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.No.24 of 2009 of Chittoor II Town Police Station, Chittoor, registered under Section 323 of IPC and Section 3(1) & (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act ,1989. Heard. The oﬀence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 323 of IPC and Section 3(1) & (x) of the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act ,1989. T h e de facto complainant is a M.P.T.C. It is contended that a false complaint is given on account of political motivations. There is delay of 3 days in giving complainant, the complainant is not an ignorant person being a MPTC. Considering the circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner 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. Now it is reported by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that investigation is already completed and charge sheet is filed. If that be so, the petitioner shall not be arrested for a period of fortnight from today. The petitioner may surrender before appropriate Court and seek bail and the bail application shall be disposed of on the same day of filing. The Criminal Petition is disposed of with the above direction. --------------------------------- ------------ JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY DATED 11T H FEBRUARY, 2010. Msnr.