THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4794 of 2010 and Crl.P.M.P.No.2980 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner/Accused No.1 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.26 of 2008 on the file of the Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her passport bearing No. F 3663013, in proof of her identity, and stated that she compromised the matter with the petitioner/accused at the intervention of the elders and thus prayed to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioner. The petitioners filed Crl.P.M.P.No.2980 of 2011, for compounding the offence in C.C.No.26 of 2008 on the file of the Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate, Machilipatnam, Krishna District, and the same is duly signed by both parties. Along with the said Crl.M.P.No.2980 of 2011, an affidavit is filed by the defacto-complainant stating that both parties have settled their disputes amicably. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in C.C.No.26 of 2008 on the file of the Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate, Machilipatnam, Krishna District, 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 criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner will serve no purpose. Therefore, in view of the guidelines laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court, the proceedings against the petitioner/Accused No.1 can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, Crl.P.M.P.No.2980 of 2011 is allowed and consequently the Criminal Petition is also allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner/Accused No.1 in C.C.No.26 of 2008 on the file of the Special Mobile Judicial First Class Magistrate, Machilipatnam, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 29.03.2011 v v