IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEBERM TWO THOUSAND AND NINE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.8038 of 2009 Between: M. Srinivas, S/o Yadagiri and another .. Petitioner AND Syed Shujath Ali and another .. Respondents Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to quash the criminal proceedings in C.C.No.897 of 2004 on the file of IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, insofar as the petitioners are concerned. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri M. Christopher, learned counsel for the petitioners and of Sri A. Ramesh, learned counsel representing the learned Public Prosecutor for the second respondent and Sri Pappu Nageswara Rao, learned counsel for the first respondent, the Court made the following: ORDER: The General Power of Attorney Holder for the first respondent and the petitioners are present in person before the Court and they are identified by Sri N. Christopher, learned counsel, representing Sri T. Pradyumna Kumar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Nageswara Rao Pappu, learned counsel for the first respondent. The Criminal Petition itself has been filed for quashing of the criminal proceedings in view of the compromise between the parties and the copy of the General Power of Attorney enabling Sri Ali Imran to represent the first respondent in the present petition has also been filed. The General Power of Attorney holder and the petitioners stated before the Court also about the compromise and requested for quashing of further proceedings in respect of the petitioners. The material papers disclose that the disputes are purely personal in nature not involving any public policy. Continuance of prosecution against the petitioners/accused 1 and 7 will be a futile exercise in view of the compromise and the conciliated settlement should given effect to by taking recourse to the inherent jurisdiction of this Court. Accordingly, the further proceedings in C.C.No.897 of 2004 on the file of the Court of VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, against the petitioners/accused 1 and 7 are quashed and the Criminal Petition is allowed accordingly. The parties are informed. _____________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 25-09-2009 Ksn