HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.M.P.No.13262 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.11788 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is ﬁled by the petitioners- accused Nos.1 to 5, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.555 of 2011 on the ﬁle of the XVII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on ﬁle for the oﬀences punishable under Sections 379, 384 read with Section 511 of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, in this regard, they ﬁled Crl.P.M.P.(S.R.)No.38914 of 2011 with a prayer to quash the proceedings and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The petitioners and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are veriﬁed by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 2 nd 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 also ﬁled an aﬃdavit before the Court 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 petitioners would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, Crl.P.M.P.No.13262 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.555 of 2011 on the ﬁle of the XVII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magist rat e, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the oﬀences. 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 9th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.M.P.No.13262 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PET IT ION No.11788 of 2011 (Allo wed) 9th November, 2011 cbs