HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1231 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.3 of 2011 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam District, for the offence punishable under Section 354 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter is compromised between the parties amicably and the petitioner married the 2nd respondent on 24.01.2011 at Sri Veera Venkata Satyanaryana Swamy Temple, Annavaram, E.G.Dt., and they are living together happily. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the sessions case. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd 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 petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and the petitioner married her and therefore she 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. She also filed an affidavit before the Court which runs as follows: “I am the deponent herein, as such I am well acquainted with the facts of the case. On a complaint given by me against the 2nd respondent- accused a Crime No.45 of 2010 of Rambali Police Station, Visakhapatnam, was registered for the offence punishable under Section 354 IPC. After the police investigated the case filed charge sheet against the 2nd respondent under Section 354 IPC. Subsequently, the case was numbered as PRC No.31 of 2010 on the file of the Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam District. Thereafter, the same was numbered as S.C.No.3 of 2011 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge at Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam District. During the pendency of the case at the intervention of elders and well wishers I and the 2nd respondent-accused married and are living together under one roof. In view of the above circumstances, there is no need to continue the process of the criminal case against the 2nd respondent- husband as such I am withdrawing the case which is filed against the 2nd respondent. I and the 2nd respondent compromised the matter out of court. Our marriage washeld on 24.01.2011 at Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple, Annavaram, E.G.Dt. It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to permit me to compound the offence with the 2nd respondent in S.C.No.3 of 2011 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge at Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam District and pass such other order or orders as deem fit in the circumstances of the case.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the sessions 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 the proceedings in the sessions case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Sessions Case No.3 of 2011 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge at Yelamanchili, Visakhapatnam District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 7th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1231 OF 2011 (Allowed) 7th February, 2011 CBS