New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Monday upheld an order of the Telangana high court closing a criminal case against state chief minister A Revanth Reddy under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 finding no prima facie ground to sustain the allegations.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant passed the order on a petition filed by the complainant N Peddi Raju who approached the top court challenging the dismissal of the case by the high court in July 2025.

"We read in between lines, how these political battles take place," observed the bench, also comprising justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Nautiyal observing that the view taken by the high court was both "possible and plausible" as the allegations ...