CRLA/1587/2008 of CHEREDDY VENKATESWARA REDDY @ PANDULODU, Vs THE STATE OF A.P., REP BY PP.,

APHC010447742008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1587 OF 2008 Between: Chereddy Venkateswara Reddy @ Pandulodu ...APPELLANT AND The State of AP., rep by PP. ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. P NAGENDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following JUDGMENT: Sole accused in Sessions Case No.39 of 2007 on the file of the learned Special Judge for trial of offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Prakasam division, Ongole, is the appellant in the present Criminal Appeal. SRK, J Crl.Appeal No.1587 of 2008 2 2. The appellant was tried by the learned Special Judge for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short „the Act‟). 3. The substance of the charge is that, the accused, on 4th day of February, 2007, at about 02.00 pm, at the bus stand centre of Podalakuntapalli village, intentionally insulted and