HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12864 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-complainant, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.242 of 2011 of P.S.Begumpet, Secunderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 406, 120-B read with 34 IPC. Heard. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the accused in the aforesaid crime. The petitioner-complainant and the respondents 2 to 6/A-1 to A- 5 are present before this Court. The petitioner stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the respondents 2 to 6/A-1 to A-5 have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the respondents 2 to 6/Accused Nos.1 to 5 with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. In the present petition, it is stated that the property in dispute is the joint property between the complainant/petitioner herein and the 2nd respondent and due to misunderstandings between them, the present crime is registered. It is further stated that the 2nd respondent herein is none other than the brother of the petitioner herein and that at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter is amicably settled between the parties and, as such, the petitioner is not interested in pursuing the complaint filed by her. The 2nd respondent filed an affidavit stating that the dispute is with regard to the joint family property. He further stated that due to intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter has been compromised, as such, prayed to record the compromise and quash the proceedings in the present crime. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the respondents 2 to 6/A-1 to A-5 in the aforesaid crime inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the respondents 2 to 6/A-1 to A-5 in the aforesaid crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the respondents 2 to 6/A-1 to A-5 in crime No.242 of 2011 of P.S.Begumpet, Secunderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 07th December, 2011 v v