Hyderabad, July 18 -- The Telangana High Court on Thursday, July 17, quashed the criminal case filed against chief minister A Revanth Reddy under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The case, which originated from a 2016 FIR registered at Gachibowli police station, was based on allegations that Revanth Reddy, along with his brother Kondal Reddy and associate E Lakshmaiah, attempted to forcibly enter land belonging to the Razole Constituency SC Mutually Aided Cooperative Housing Society, and verbally abused the society president, N Peddi Raju, with caste-based language.

The dispute centred around 31 acres in Survey No. 127 of Gopanpally village. Peddi Raju's complaint stated that Revanth Reddy's brother and associate encroached on ...