K.AMBADAS Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners/A1 to A3 under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in Cr.No.426 of 2019 on the file of Sircilla Police Station, Rajanna Sircilla District, registered for the offences under Sections 147, 341, 307 read with Section 149 IPC and under Section 3(1)(r)(s) and 3(2)(va) of SCs and STs (POA) Amendment Act, 2015, against them.

(2.) Heard learned counsel for the petitioners/A1 to A3; learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the 2nd respondent-State and perused the record.

(3.) It is alleged in the complaint that the de-facto complainant and her husband were working as Teachers in Siddartha English Medium High School, Sircilla, and one week prior to the date of incident, a girl student, namely, Kodam Varsha, who is studying 10th Class in the said school, sent their marriage day wishes and other messages to the mobile of her husband without his knowledge, and in this regard, they informed the matter to the School correspondent, namely Nagula Santhosh Goud, who summoned the parents of said girl and informed them. While so, on 02.12.2019, the father of said girl i.e., A1, invited the husband of the de-facto complainant to his house to hold talks, then, she along with her husband went to the house of A1, wherein A1, his wife A2, his son A3 and four others formed themselves into an unlawful assembly, wrongfully confined them in their house, abused them in filthy language in the name of their caste, beat them indiscriminately with foot wear, hurled kicks on stomach and threatened them with dire consequences demanding to leave Sircilla till morning, otherwise they would kill them and their children. Thereafter, when they came out of the house of the accused and at turning point of their house, A3 along with the four of his friends waylaid them, beat her husband with sticks, stones and bats indiscriminately with an intention to kill him. They also pelted stone on his stomach and head resulting severe bleeding injuries on his head and when they ran into their house, the accused came there and tried to kill him by hitting with stones. On receipt of information, the police shifted her husband to the hospital.