HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12637 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is ﬁled by the petitioners- accused Nos.1 & 2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in S.C.No.31 of 2011 on the ﬁle of the Special SC & ST-cum-District Judge, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, wherein they are facing trial for the oﬀences punishable under Sections 468 and 420 of IPC and Section 3 (1) (v) of SCs & STs (POA) Act, 1989. Heard. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid sessions case against the petitioners. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. 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. He ﬁled an aﬃdavit before this Court stating that at the intervention of elders, villagers and well wishers, all the disputes between himself and the petitioners/accused are settled once for all and he is not intending to prosecute the complaint filed by him against the petitioners. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the aforesaid sessions 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 petitioners in the sessions case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in S.C.No.31 of 2011 on the ﬁle of the Special SC/ST-cum- District Judge, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, are hereby quashed. The aﬃdavit of the 2 nd respondent herein filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 07th December, 2011 v v HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12637 of 2011 (Allo we d) 7th December, 2011 v v