HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2678 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.23 of 2011 on the file of Kushaiguda Police Station, Cyberabad, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 380 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties and to that effect both the parties filed a Memo before this Court. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in the crime. The petitioner and the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court. The defacto complainant stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers and as the management of the college had decided to withdraw the complaint made against the petitioner taking into consideration that the petitioner was studying II year Intermediate and pendency of the criminal case would mar his future and in this regard the Principal of the college had requested him to withdraw the case, the matter was settled out of Court and he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the crime 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 the criminal proceedings against the petitioner would serve no purpose and though the offence is non- compoundable offence, by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the crime case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.23 of 2011 on the file of Kushaiguda Police Station, Cyberabad, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Memo filed by both parties be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2678 OF 2011 (Allowed) 25th March, 2011 CBS