As per case facts V S R Mohan Rao was accused of 'land grabbing' under the Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing Prohibition Act for occupying a portion of land He purchased ... the land through a registered sale deed and constructed a house there He appealed against the Special Court and High Court orders directing his eviction arguing that his actions constituted mere trespass or encroachment which falls outside the stringent scope of 'land grabbing' requiring criminality and clear mens rea The question arose whether the appellant's act of possessing and constructing on the land based on a dubious title deed satisfied the ingredients of 'land grabbing' which mandates mens rea or intention to illegally possess land by arbitrary means Finally the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal affirming that the ambit of 'land grabbing' includes an illegal intention to take possession through arbitrary means as the appellant's title deed did not match the survey number where his house was built and does not require explicit criminality especially when corroborated by a Commission Report and the failure of his previous civil suits