IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.PETITION No. 1239 OF 2011 Between: Mareedu Venkateswara Rao & 10-Ors. … Petitioners V/s. The State of Andhra Pradesh Represented by its Public Prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh Respondents Hyderabad & Anr. … Defacto-complnt. Counsel for the Petitioners : Sri S. Appadhara Reddy Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : Addl.Public Prosecutor Counsel for the Respondent No.2: party in-person The Court made the following order : (order follows 2nd page) THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1239 OF 2011. O R D E R : This Criminal Petition is filed under section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in PRC.No. 20 of 2009 on the file of the Court of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Chintalapudi, West Godavari district, which was registered for the offences under section 324, 342, 384, read with section 34 of IPC and section 3 (1) (x) of SC and ST (POA) Act, 1989, grant stay of all further proceedings including appearance of the petitioners and to pass such other suitable orders as this Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Addl.Public Prosecutor representing the State and also the defacto complainant, Sri Manukonda Durga Rao. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the matter has been settled and compromised between the petitioners as well as the defacto-complainant. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State submitted that the defacto complainant, Sri Manukonda Durga Rao is also present in-person and he has submitted a photostat copy of his family ration card in proof of his identity. The defacto complainant submitted that he is not interested to prosecute the matter and the same has been settled and compromised outside the Court with the intervention of elders and well-wishers. 4. In view of the same, this Court is of the view that there is no necessity to proceed further in this matter against the petitioners. Hence, the complaint in PRC.No.20 of 2009 is hereby quashed. 5. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed. _______________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 14-02-2011 I s L THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.PETITION No. 1239 OF 2011 CIRCULATION No.56 Date:14-02-2011 Court Master: I s L