HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.894 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.141 of 2010 of P.S. Pakala, Chittoor District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of SCs & STs (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the 1st respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, the matter is compromised between the parties amicably. Therefore, they prayed this Court to quash the proceedings in the crime. The petitioners and the 1st respondent are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. He stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he 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 petitioners and the 1st respondent-defacto complainant filed a joint memo before this Court which runs as follows: “It is submitted that on 14.10.2010 the defacto complainant lodged a complaint against the petitioners/accused 1 to 5 herein for the offences under Sections 323, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)9x) of SCs & STs (POA) Act 1989. Based on the complaint, the police registered the same as Crime No.141 of 2010 on the file of Pakala Police Station, Chittoor District. The petitioners and the defacto complainant are neighbours and adjacent owners. At the instance of village elders the dispute is pacified, based on that the defacto complainant agreed to withdraw the complaint, which is pending on the file of P.S. Pakala against the petitioners/A.1 to A.5. It is submitted that the defacto complainant in person presented before this Court and filed this Compromise memo. The defacto complainant prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to quash Crime No.141 of 2010 pending on the file of P.S. Pakala, Chittoor District and to pass necessary orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the 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 the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.141 of 2010 of P.S. Pakala, Chittoor District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 24th January, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.894 OF 2011 (Allowed) 24th January, 2011 CBS