HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10959 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 P.R.C.No.49 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Gudur, for the offences punishable under Sections 506, 290 of IPC and 3(x) of SCs & STs (POA) Act 1989. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, 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, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. The de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, is present before this Court and produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. He 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. He also filed an affidavit narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings 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 invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the P.R.C. can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in P.R.C.No.49 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Gudur, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 31st October, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10959 of 2011 (Allowed) 31st October, 2011 cbs