HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.6266 of 2009 Dated : 19.08.2009 Between : M.S.Chandra Gupta & 4 others ….. Petitioners a n d The State of A.P. and another ….. Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.6266 of 2009 ORDER: Petitioners 1 to 5 and the second respondent are present in person before the Court and they are identified by Sri K.S.Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri K.Giridhar Raju, learned counsel for the second respondent. The second respondent stated before the Court that she compromised with the petitioners and settled all the disputes and differences and compounded the offences. She and petitioners, therefore, desired the further criminal proceedings to be quashed. The material on record shows that the disputes are purely personal in nature and no public policy is involved. The continuance of the prosecution will be a futile exercise in view of the compromise. A copy of the memorandum of terms of compromise/understanding dated 02.07.2009 is also filed along with the criminal petition, which is also reiterating the settlement between the parties. Even if, there are any non-compoundable offences, the exercise of inherent jurisdiction for quashing the proceedings is pragmatic in such cases, as held by the Apex Court. Therefore, the further proceedings in C.C.No.625 of 2007 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, against the petitioners are quashed. The criminal petition is allowed accordingly. Parties are informed. ______________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD, J 19th August, 2009 SUR