HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6929 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.41 of 2011 of P.S. Hathnoora, Medak District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 403 of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in the crime. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner 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 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 continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.41 of 2011 of P.S. Hathnoora, Medak District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 31st October, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6929 of 2011 (Allowed) 31st October, 2011 cbs