IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: MONDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 2977 OF ?n?9 AMARAVATI, < PRATAPA Between; Yennam Ramana Reddy, S/o. Rami Reddy, Aged Chendavaram Village, Nadendia Mandal, Guntur District. about 60 years, R/o Andhra Pradesh. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Station House Station, Nadendia, Guntur District. Officer, Nadendia Police ...1^‘RESPONDENT 2. Pullagora Shekhar, S/o Anandarao Chandavaram Village, Nadendia Mandal, Guntur District. ...2"“ RESPONDENT/DE-FACTO COMPLAINANT % of Cr.P.C., praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal the High Court to call for records in Crime. No.51 of 2022 of Nadendia P.S.,Guntur District, which Sections 3(1), (r), 3(1 )(s), 3(2) (va), of the Scheduled Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and quash the same against the petitioner herein as it is illegal, arbitrary, unjustified and abuse of process of law Aged about 35 Years, R/o. Petition under Section 482 Petition was registered for the alleged offences under Castes and the r.A. NO: 2 OF 2022 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C..preying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition,the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of all further proceedings including arret of the petitioner, in Crime No.51 of 2022 of Nadendia Police Station, Guntur District. I.A. NO: 1 OF 2024 Between: The State Of Andhra Pradesh, Station House Officer, Nadendia Police Station, Nadendia, Guntur District. Represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. ...PETITIONER/1®^ RESPONDENT AND 1. Yennam Ramana Reddy. S/o. Rami Reddy, Aged about 60 years, R/o Chendavaram Village, Nadendia Mandal, Guntur District. Andhra Pradesh. ...RESPONDENT/PETITIONER 2. Pullagora Shekhar, S/o Anandarao, Aged about 35 Years, R/o. Chandavaram Village, Nadendia Mandal, Guntur District. ...RESPONDENT5|/2^° RESPONDENT Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to vacate the interim stay of all further praying that in the proceedings passed on 22.04.2022 in CrI.P No. 2977/2022 the Hon'ble High Court of A.P., Amaravati, in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and SRIHARI, Advocate for the Petitioner and the behalf of the Respondent No.1 and No.2. on the file of upon hearing the arguments of Sri N Public Prosecutor (AP) none appeared ^or the Respondent on The Court made the following order: 1 APHC010196322022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA CRIMINAL PETITION NO; 2977/2022 Between: ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED Yennam Ramana Reddy AND ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others Counsel for the Petitioner/accused; 1.N SRIHARI Counsel for the Respondent/complalnant{S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following; ORDER: The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been filed by the Petitioner/Accused seeking quashment of the F.I.R. in Crime No.51 of 2022 of Nadendia Police Station, Guntur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3(1) (r). 2 9 3(1) (s) and 3(2) (va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short “S.C. and S.T. Act”). 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the State. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that it is a counter case to Crime No.49 of 2022 which is lodged against one Gunti Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy and others.. Learned counsel would further submit that by using the name of the de facto complainant, who belongs to scheduled caste, a false case has been lodged against him. 4. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would submit that this petition is filed at F.I.R. stage and the petitioner has obtained interim stay of all further proceedings in this matter. Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor would further submit that the matter may be disposed of, giving liberty to the police to complete the investigation by giving protection to the petitioner. 5. Considering the submissions made, this Criminal Petition is disposed of as the offences under Sections 3(1 )(r), 3(1) (s) and 3(2) (va) of S.C. and S.T. Act, are punishable with less than seven years period of imprisonment, the police are directed to conclude the investigation and file report, according to 3 law. The police are also directed to strictly adhere to the guidelines issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State ofBihar\ As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. SOI- M.SRINIVAS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Station House Officer, Nadendia Police Station, Nadendia, Guntur District. 2. One CC to SRI. N SRIHARI, Advocate [OPUC] 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi. [OUT] 4. Three CD Copies SM 1 (2014) 8 see 273 HIGH COURT DATED:10/02/2025 ORDER CRLP.No.2977 of 2022 DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION