HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12717 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.155 of 2010 on the file of Bhongir Town Police Station, Nalgonda District, registered for the offences under Sections 448, 323 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the STs & STS (POA) Act 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, the matter was compromised between the parties amicably. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in the Crime. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. He stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, he 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 this Court which runs as follows: “I am the defacto complainant herein and respondent in the above criminal petition. Petitioners 1 and 2 herein filed the above criminal petition to quash the FIR in Crime No.155 of 2010 for the alleged offences under Sections 448, 323 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the SCs & STs (POA) Act. The above Crime No.155 of 2010 was registered by the police as counter case to Crime No.154 of 2010. These criminal cases were registered by the police as case and counter case on the incident took place on 25.08.2010. I and the petitioners herein are friends and belong to same locality. Due to some misunderstandings and dispute in the marriage, I and the 1st petitioner lodged complaints on 26.08.2010. On the said complaints, the above criminal cases were registered against me and the petitioners herein. Due to intervention of the family elders and locality elders, I and the petitioners settle the dispute amicably. I and the petitioners withdraw both the criminal cases. The petitioner No.1 withdraws the criminal case in Crime No.154 of 2010 filed against me and I also want to withdraw the criminal case in crime No.155 of 2010 filed against the petitioners herein. As the above criminal case is settled amicably at the instance of elders, I have no interest to proceed with the said case and I am interested to withdraw the criminal case in crime No.155 of 2010 filed against the petitioners herein. It is just and necessary to permit me to withdraw the criminal case in Crime No.155 of 2010 against the petitioners and to quash the said criminal case against the petitioners herein. Therefore, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to permit me to withdraw the criminal case in Crime No.155 of 2010 as compromised and to quash the FIR in Crime No.155 of 2010 against the petitioners herein in the interest of justice.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the Crime as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In the light of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the Crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.155 of 2010 on the file of Bhongir Town Police Station, Nalgonda District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 2nd February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12717 of 2010 (Allowed) 2nd February, 2011 CBS