HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4228 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.128 of 2011 of P.S. Saidabad, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section 3(1)(x) of SCs & STs (POA) Act. Heard. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners 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 crime 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 in the crime be quashed. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.244 dated 25.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.128 of 2011 of P.S. Saidabad, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Joint Memorandum of Compromise and the affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4228 of 2011 (Allowed) 25th August, 2011 cbs