poreddy Gopal Reddy v. The state of Telangana
Court: High Court for State of Telangana
Bench: T.VINOD KUMAR
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court for State of Telangana judgment dated 2020-12-08. poreddy Gopal Reddy v. The state of Telangana. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEIVBER TWO THOUSAND ''"''' AND TWE_N-iY- PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR CRIMI NA LPE TITION NO: 750 10F 19 Between: Poreddy Gopal Reddv. s/o tate Kanaka Reddy. aged lVajor. Occ. Business, 6-510. Srinagar R/o cotony 4th ra"" k"inZgrjl? Yo;X=lilrru, ... Petitioner/Accused No. 1 AND , Through the potice station Kothasudem Il:,. -,:l:,gJ-lgtanOana, 3 town unaoradrr. Kothaoudem District, represented pubriiproiecuoi, by the Hisn corrt Buildings Hyderaiad. 2. Bodikala Jyothi Kumari, w/o. Krupadayar, aged 35 years, caste sc, occ. Nurse - '-' at Dr. Vandanapu Venkateshwar Rao, FVo. aIuOOagSOOa "ik"ihrsr'd;, ... Respondent Petition under section 482 oI cr. p . c praying that in the circumstances stated in the lvlemorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High court may be pleased to quash the SC. SPL-SESSIONS CASES -SC/ST. No.
S0 of 2019 on the fite of the Court of the 7th SPECIAL SESSIONS JUDGE FOR SC/ST CASES(COURT) KHAMIMAM. l. A. NO: 1 OF 2019 Petition under Section 482 ol Cr. P. C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to dispense with certified copy charge sheet of SC. SPL - SESSIONS CASE- SC/ST. No. 50 of 2019, dated on the file of Court of the 7th SPECIAL SESSIONS JUDGE FOR SC/ST CASES(COURT) KHAMMAIV. l. A. NO: 2 OF 2019 Petition under Section 482 of Cr. P. C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay the proceedings of the SC. SPL -SESSIONS CASE-SC/ST. No. 50 of 2019 on the file of the Court of the 7th SPECIAL SESSIONS JUDGE FOR SC/ST CASES (COURT) KHAMMAM including the appearance of the petitioner pending disposal of the a bove Criminal Petition.
This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri J. C. Francis, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and of Sri M. V. Hanumantha Rao, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2 The Court made the following: ORDER THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR Qr! qr rrel p_e_! rep n . fs. ZqAlsl? glg ORDDR 'lhc proscnt (lriminal petition is filed under. Section zlg2 ol. Cr'. 1) (1. itr tltr. ' pctiLir)n( l-. r4. I st:e I<ins to c1u;rsh thc SC Spcci;rl Scssiiirts C;rsr: li(l7 S'l' Ncr. 50 oi 20lci orr rhc filc of VII Speci:LI . Juclgc lor SC,rS'i' Oasr:s (Cor,rrr), Iihnrlmam. . 1. IIt irr-(l Sri ,J. (1. If r:incis. lt::rrnccl courtscl for thc joncr/n. l . lc:rnrcrl Adclrtional I)r-Lblic Prtlsccul. or appt'raritrg lbr llcl. it lhe rcsyrondcnt StaLc and Sri NI. V. Hanumantha Ilao, Iearncd c(. rr.
rnscl appt:erring on behalf oi the 2"'l respondent/cie facto c()rxpiain. rnt. l)cl'uscd the matcrial placed o1-l record' 3. With lhc consent of the learned coLl,nsel appearing for the pi. rrtics, rl-ic criminzrl pclit. ion is taken up for hearing through Video Ot. ,:rlirlcncitt;, ir-, tht r. 'ir-tu:tl CoLIrl l. odaY, i. c. , 08 12 2O2O' . 1 . Il is thc ci:rs. r ot the pctitioner that hc is the owne:-ol thc irriiiriiry. i u lrcrt'itr ()nc I)r. Vanrlanzlpu Vc:nkatesu'ar Rao is l'unning ir it. (. (tl{. iil ,. ii|]iI ltL,. ,1;il,rl irrrrl tltCrc ilrt' rlispLtt<;s rr:lating lo clvictior) llr tllt s;lid l)1" V Vt'tlkittcs$:rr R:. tcl lt is thc ol tirc Prt:lt-tist-'s [r"rrl hcr c:,tsc tll thcr pcLil. ioner t. hat rvhilc tirc said civil clisptltc rri;,lng i() lll'. L( rlrlinlltlotl ol liccltc:c is ill progrcss' in c'rdcr to CiIcL. lutt,crtt rlrt sitiri pt-occcclit-tg, ll'tc pcliLlo:rcr has bt:cn implicatccl in thc r. tbove casc lalse ll at lhc behest ol said Dr' V Venkalesu'ar Rao.
I1: is also stated that the provisions ol Section 3 (1)(r) (s) and Serr:lion 3(2)(va) ol thc Schcciulcd Cast'cs and Scheduled Tribes (Prcvcntion ol Atrocitrcs) Act, 1989 (for brevity 'the SC/ ST (POA) Ar:l' undcr which the pctitioner is charged with' are noL all ir IIraclccl. 6.! ,#---s'or rlcl stLlltlil ll''aL 'i'he counse I hrr thc pctitiotlcr 5. lczrrnecl b-\. tl-re cle ol complair-rt maclc 'lirctcr r:vcn going into lhe conlents sllct't lilccl iiltcr tlI chltrgc thc colltcnts cornpl:rin:rnt and atlsil casc u li:tlsot t t'r llirs lrt cl. i ttlllrlt' or-tl couclucting invesligatioll, llo against the petitioner lor invokrng thc provisiorls ol SC / S'l' (l']OA) the pleas takcn the lcarncd Act.
While emphatically asserting ' furlhr:r surbnrit lh:lt il'l ordcr to counsel for the petitioncr n'ould attract the provisions of SC/ST (POA) Act, in particular abusing a person by reference to caste, such utterance should be in public vicu', as required under Scction 3 (l )(r) of tht: SC / S'l (POA) Act. it is sLated by thc learncd counscl lbr thc pctitir)I)cr LI1. 1t ncitltcr iir thc complaint Iodged nor dr,rring the invcstigation. it hats bct'tl cstablishecl. that thc petitioncr has :rbr-tsr:cl thc cle f acto cr>l. npl:iint 1rv rcferr-'t-tct to ltcr ('iist('. 'l l-rtrs. llrr' 1r'itt rrL ri t'ottttse l lot iltt that this court b-\ irxcrcisinq ils inltt it'til I)clitioncr strbmits undcr Sectior. r 482 of Cr. P. C. is cmpou crcrl to cluaslt lltc So l)o\\'crs No. 50 of 2019. ln supporl o[ his submissiotr. Lhc lcarncd coLttrscl for the petitioncr h:ls rcliecl on a juclgrncnt ol' lhc llon'lrlc SrLpr-r'rnc Court irr the case of Kalpana Mehta u. Union of Indial. 6.
Per contra, the learned Additional Public })rosecutor would submit that the incident complaincd had larkcn placc in thc r c:rr 2016 and FIR No. 320 of 2016 was registercd b5r thc respondcnt police against the petitioner as A. 1 and two other persons as A. 2 & 4. 3. Upon registration of crime and terking r:p thc invcstigation. lhc rcspondent authorities apart frorn r:xarlinir. rg thc c1e . fhcto zi cornl;lainernt as LW. 1, havc examj:recl l,Ws. 2 to u ho urc- cr r' u,itncsscs to thc incidelit comlll:linccl. lrru lhcr, l. \Vs. 5 to c] rlcrc 'izoral z scc r . l cxamincd as circumstantlal witnesses and LWs. l O / & I 1 w,erc I examined as punch witnesses to the incident complained of. The olllcials, rvho gave caste certilicates relating to the declaration of c:rstc ol thc accuscd pcrsons, t,,ere cxamined as LWs. 12 to l4 and othcr olficial u'il ncsscs t,ere examined as LWs. 1S to 17, u,ho (on(i Cl((l thc: irtvr:stiqittion in thc ma . cr. 7.
Thc icarncd Ariditional I)ublic Prosecutor u'ould further sr-rbmit 1ir:rt thc cot. ttplitit'rt made and invcstigation conducted clr-:rr'lv t:stairlisltcs thitt tl. rc provisions ol Scctions 3 (1) and (2) o1' rlre SC/ST (l)()A) ncr arc atlracl. ocl, in:-lstnnch as lilc pelltjoner/ ircr:irscd rs statt:d to have been made relerence Lo delact. o i omplarinarnt bv hcr castc during his overt act of digging trcr-rctt u'ith rht: l-rcip ol ,JC! ) pror:laincr in l'ront ol th<: hospital' u'hcre the complainant is rvorking being abutting the road' which is within lhc public view. Since, such reference to the petitioner by her ci. lsl.. is madc in tho public view and in the presence of her co- cmplo,vccs and clLhcr eyc u'il. ne sses' who c:annot be consioered as (I)OA) Act clrrarlt' provisi,ons ol the SC ST the / lamilv mcmbcrs, (]d srrr n(l il lt rllc t ( ( ) l l s r ( l ( l r: r l lo lr to tltrl srtlltltissiOlts rnadc lts allorc' 8. llllYitls (ill( thi' lau. :ts ]aid clrlrr.
Ir br' thc Itor-r'b1e Sr. l1;rcmc Court in the Stdte of Apcx Court h:rs rt'hercltl the IIor-r'ble Haryarra u, BhcrirLfllrLl2' 1;r' tt latilrq to tllr: cltt:rsllillg oI prtlcct:iir-rgs ciirir-rr:c<l tlrr' 1-lr'ir-. r'iirlc po\\Iers unc1er Scctiorl 482 of cxcrcise of inhcrenl the lligir Court itt Cr. l),C,tl-risCourlisol. theprimafacieviewthattheciaimolt-hc not (POA) Acl are t'l-re l. hc provisions ol SC/ST pctitiorl. rr tha1. scc 33s 1992 (suppl) (1) 'Z ir'. tiitc'rc{l. c:rlillol 1)e :r(lccprccl l'r'il'thcl" ii is 1o ht ltol'('(l Ll:rr1' lll such ki. rd ol cascs. $lterr' thC :rI1t'glttirIIts :trt' :-l'rlLtircrl lo llc ptOrccl ir-r coun ol Iaur, thc pou'cr utlclcr Sct:ttot. t l8l oi CLl''t t'llrllrrl ir' cxcrciscd as has becn hclcl by thc Hon'blc Apcx Court in lhe case oI S;tcrte of Madhga Pradesh a. Yogend"ra Singh Jodon ond anothers ' 9. In view of the above and thc law as r:nunciatccl b.
v the Hon'ble Supreme Court in various decisions and the facts of thc case, this court is ol the view that the prcsent case do not qltallfv to be ccr-rsidercd as an cxceptional ciisc for irtvokrrrq arrd cxcr. <:rsirrq thc inhcrcnt powers undcr Scction,1. 82 ol Cr.. lr. C. lbr c1r-Lzrsl-rirrg ritc SC Spcciai Scssiorrs Casc SC/S'l' No,50 oi jOlg on rhc file ol. VII Spccial . Judgc for SC/S'l' Cascs (C. trrtl. l(1,rirnt:rl.. Si. ci:. rltc ltetitioner letls that thc c. hargc, sltcct filcrl iit ;l:, ;tiror,, (. iri-:,. ,r,r,. s Irot disclosc an-r, oficncc bcing committccl or thc pt-o,, isions ol St'ction il (1)(r)(s) o1 sC/S'r' (rroA) Ar:t . trc nor bci. g :rrrr. cLccr. ir is ttpcn ibr thc petitiorcr iO avail rcrnt:clrcs i u,. r. Or. ri,rrr,. , ri iil. r lirrr ltr filrng an appropriate applcartro, bcibrr: t-hc trii. rl CoLtrt s. L iiritq dischargc under the provisions of criminal l)roccdurc codr:. if so advised: i0. Subject to the above observations, the crimrnar pr:trtion is disposed of.
Miscellaneous petitions, if anv, pcncling in this criminal pctition shall sta rrcl closcci. ri 2020 SCC Ontine 111 \ \ SD/-M. MANJULA ASSISTANT REGISiRAR ,TRUE COPY// } TO, SECTION OFFICER 1 . The Vlt Special Sessions SC/ST Cases (Court) lydgu- lor. Khammam. ri,-,i c r,, Jri,"g j g. e,_,, i,tiJtil, 3 IiE . lifll t xol. ,,s,o u, H;l x'B;i,#ltY:'ff l's,f i:li,f$:;'"-iru,ansana,at :ly;":.. ,*. r;'"';ffi b. One CC to Sri J. C. Fr roPucr o one c; i;;; r. v. Iir.. ,r,Advocate nanumantaha Rao' Advocate z. r*o Co C;;;' ' toPucl IUMK \ ^\ \. $>-f , HIGH COURT DATED:O811212020 -1{E (? IO 14 orc 2020 ORDER . {,\: CRLP. No. 7501 of2019 Dr:. DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PET]TION {t-\) o >\)-" \4
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