HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1696 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-sole accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.5 of 2010 of Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354 and 384 IPC. Heard. 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. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in the crime. The petitioner 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 petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court 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. In the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that though one of the offences is non-compoundable, by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.5 of 2010 of Pendurthy Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 11th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1696 OF 2010 (Allowed) 11th March, 2011 CBS