HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8322 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 C.C.No.66 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tandur, R.R. District, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 504 and 506 of IPC. Heard. When the matter is taken up for hearing, 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 calendar case. The petitioners and the 1st respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. The 1st 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 them 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 calendar case 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioners and the 1st 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.277 dated 12.9.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.66 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tandur, R.R. District, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The Memo filed into Court by the 1st respondent be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 12th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8322 of 2011 (Allowed) 12th September, 2011 cbs