HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13371 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.380 of 2011 of Tirupati East Police Station, Chittoor District. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, the matter is compromised between the parties amicably, and therefore, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners herein. The petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 and the de facto complainant/1st respondent herein are present before this Court. The de facto complainant produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that at the instance of the elders, the matter has been compromised and, in view of the compromise, the proceedings against the petitioners may be quashed. To this effect, she filed an affidavit before this Court. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the aforesaid crime, 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 in the aforesaid crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.380 of 2011 of Tirupati East Police Station, Chittoor District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the de facto complainant filed into the Court be made as part of this order. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 19th December, 2011 v v