Telangana HC grants relief to CM Revanth Reddy in SC/ST case

In a relief to Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy, the Telangana High Court, on Thursday, July 17, quashed the case registered against him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The High Court, which had reserved its orders on the chief minister’s petition on June 20, pronounced the same on Thursday.

The case was registered in 2019 against Revanth Reddy, his brother Kondal Reddy and another person for allegedly



abusing N Peddi Raju, Director, Razole Constituency SC Mutually Aided Cooperative Housing Society Limited, by his caste.

Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya quashed the First Information Report (FIR) on the ground that the prosecution failed to produce any evidence that could link the accused to the incident. The judge observed that the case was registered based on allegations, and the same could not be grounds for conviction without proving the presence of the accused at the site of the alleged offence.