THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.160 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner-Accused approaches the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in F.I.R. No. 155 of 2009 on the file of the Station House Officer,Kalla Police Station, West Godavari District, registered for offences punishable under Sections 427 and 506 of I.P.C.; 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Properties Act and 7 of C.L.A. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the petitioner-Accused and the 2nd respondent-complainant, Sri Pothagani Veera Venkata Varaprasad are present. The complainant also filed identity card in proof of his identity. It is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of Court between the A.P.S.R.T.C. and the petitioner-accused at the intervention of elders and the accused also paid a sum of Rs.1900/- to the Corporation towards the expenses incurred by the corporation for fixing the new mirror to the bus. The complainant also filed an affidavit to that effect. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 427 and 506 of I.P.C.; 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Properties Act and 7 of C.L.A. and as the matter is settled between the parties, they prayed for compounding the offences in terms of the compromise entered into between them. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner-Accused in F.I.R. No. 155 of 2009 on the file of the Station House Officer, Kalla Police Station, West Godavari District, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. Date: 2.11.2011 pnb