HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12009 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in P.R.C.No.61 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Yellandu, Khammam District, for the offences under Sections 417 of IPC and 3(1)(x) of SCs and STs (POA) Act. Heard. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the P.R.C. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the P.R.C. 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 in the P.R.C. can be quashed. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.197 dated 23.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in P.R.C.No.61 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Yellandu, Khammam District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 23rd August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12009 OF 2010 (Allowed) 23rd August, 2011 cbs