HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1166 OF 2008 AND CRIMINAL R.C.M.P. No.1197 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1166 OF 2008 COMMON JUDGMENT: This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the accused Boya Miniga Bhupal Naidu @ M.R. Naidu assailing the judgment dated 21- 04-2008 in Criminal Appeal No.128 of 2006 passed by the learned I Additional District & Sessions Judge, Kurnool, confirming the conviction and sentence imposed by the learned Additional Assistant Sessions Judge, Kurnool in S.C. No.8 of 2006 dated 09-11-2006 for the offence under Section 354 IPC. 2. Criminal R.C.M.P. No.1197 of 2010 is filed jointly by both the parties seeking permission of the Court to compound the offence between them and set aside the conviction and sentence imposed on the accused by both the Courts below. 3. The allegation against the accused is that while the de facto complainant was going into toilet, he caught hold of her hand and solicited her to satisfy his lust and tried to drag her into toilet. 4. The de facto complainant Smt. Boya Miniga Hussainamma – respondent No.1 in the revision and the accused are present and on being questioned, the de facto complainant reports that the matter has been compromised between them out of Court, as such, they may be permitted to compound the offence and consequently acquit the accused. 5. The de facto complainant produced her original household card bearing No.WAP133001400074 of F.P. Shop No.14, which contains her photograph along with her family, and it shows her husband’s name as Ranga Swami, residential address as House No.1-152, Muddavaram, Bethamcherla, Kurnool, and she also produced her original electoral card issued by the Election Commission of India, which contains her photograph, in proof of her identity. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. Accused is identified by his counsel. 6. Considering the nature of allegations against the accused and in view of the fact that the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of Court, they can be permitted to compound the offence and the accused can be acquitted of the offence. 7. Accordingly, the parties are permitted to compound the offence between them and Criminal R.C.M.P. No.1197 of 2010 is allowed compounding the offence between the parties. 8. As a sequel, the Criminal Revision Case is also allowed setting aside the conviction and sentence imposed on the accused by both the Courts below and he is acquitted under Section 320(8) Cr.P.C. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J April 12, 2010. PV