HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.8878 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.8273 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.7 of 2007 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Sircilla of Karimnagar District, taken on file for the offence under Section 420 of IPC. Heard. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the 1st respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and to that effect the 1st respondent filed Crl.P.M.P.No.8878 of 2011 before this Court seeking permission to compound the offence with the petitioner. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case against the petitioner. The petitioner and the 1st respondent are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 1st respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he 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. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar 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 by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioner in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioner and the 1st respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.4978 dated 09.09.2011. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.No.8878 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in C.C.No.7 of 2007 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Sircilla of Karimnagar District, are hereby quashed, and consequently, the petitioner is acquitted of the charge levelled against him. The affidavit of the 1st respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.8878 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.8273 of 2011 (Allowed) 9th September, 2011 cbs