HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2280 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in S.C.No.63 of 2011 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Kothagudem, wherein he is facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 354, 294 (b) and 506 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, the matter is compromised between the parties amicably. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in the aforesaid Sessions Case. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. She filed an affidavit before this Court stating that at the intervention of elders, herself and the petitioner have settled their disputes and as such she is not interest in pursuing the case and she has no objection if the case is quashed against the petitioner. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioner 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 the proceedings against the petitioner in the aforesaid Sessions Case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner in S.C.No.63 of 2011 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Kothagudem, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into the Court be made as part of this order. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 07th December, 2011 v v