THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.R.C.M.P.No.2547 of 2011 And CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.832 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioner-accused against the judgment, dated 29.03.2011, rendered in Criminal Appeal No.131 of 2010 by the IV Additional Sessions Judge, East Godavari District. Initially, the petitioner was convicted by the learned III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kakinada in C.C.No.121 of 2005 under Section 248(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the offence under Section 417 IPC and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/-, in default, to suffer simple imprisonment for two months. Assailing the said Judgment, the petitioner preferred appeal. In the appeal, the learned Sessions Judge confirmed the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Magistrate vide impugned judgment and dismissed the appeal. Aggrieved by the same, present revision has been preferred by the petitioner- accused. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the defacto- complainant – Ayudham Naga Mani is present before this Court. The defacto-complainant filed a copy of her AADHAAR card bearing No.1111/16159/03978, in proof of her identity, and stated that she compromised the matter with the petitioner-accused. For compounding the offence, Crl.R.C.M.P.No.2547 of 2011, duly signed by both parties, is filed under Section 320(2) of Cr.P.C. Along with the petition, the defacto-complainant filed her affidavit stating that at the intervention of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner agreed to compromise the matter mutually and also stated that she has no objection if the offence is compounded and prayed this Court to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/Accused. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioner/Accused, inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In view of the guidelines laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court by exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the case against the petitioner can be quashed by this Court. Therefore, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed, the conviction and sentence imposed by the trial Court and confirmed by the Appellate Court are hereby set aside and the petitioner-accused is acquitted of the charge levelled against him. Miscellaneous petitions pending in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 24th August 2011 Rns