IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6365 OF 2009 AND CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO.6297 OF 2009 CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6365 OF 2009 Between: S. Bala Shankar Reddy and four others. ..... PETITIONERS. AND The State of A.P., through Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad 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 will be pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.242 of 2007 on the file of II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO.6297 OF 2009 Between: Smt. Ragini Devi. ..... PETITIONER/ RESPONDENT No.2. AND S. Bala Shankar Reddy and four others. ….. RESPONDENTS/ PETITIONERS. The State of A.P., through Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad. ….. RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENTS. Petition under Section 320 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased to record the compromise in C.C. No.242 of 2007 on the file of II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. These two Petitions coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petitions and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. B. HARSHAVARDHAN REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioners in the main Criminal Petition and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the first Respondent in the main Criminal Petition, the Court made the following Common order: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6365 OF 2009 AND CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION NO.6297 OF 2009 COMMON ORDER: The second respondent and the second petitioner are present before the Court and they are identified by Sri D. Purnachandra Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri B. Harshavardhan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri P. Vamsheedhar Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri N. Ramachandra Rao, learned counsel for the second respondent. The second respondent and the petitioners have also filed a compromise petition before the Court in Crl. M.P. No.6297 of 2009 and requested that the proceedings in C.C. No.242 of 2007 may be quashed. The Criminal petition itself states about the compromise of the disputes and compounding of the offences and a perusal of the material papers on record shows that the disputes are purely personal in nature not involving any public policy. The continuance of the prosecution will be an empty formality in view of the compromise and the inherent jurisdiction can be exercised to quash the proceedings to put an end to the vexing litigation. Accordingly, the further proceedings in C.C. No.242 of 2007 on the file of II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad, are quashed and the main Criminal petition and Crl. M.P. No.6297 of 2009 are allowed accordingly. ____________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 21-08-2009. Dsh.