HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7713 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in P.R.C.No.27 of 2010 on the file of the Special Judge for S.C. & S.T. Cases, Visakhapatnam, for the offences punishable under Sections 447, 427, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid P.R.C. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant 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 himself and the petitioner have compromised the matter and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner before the Court with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. He filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “I have lodged a complaint before Gajuwaka P.S. against the petitioner herein i.e. Mr. Robba Ram Prasad and a case in Crime No.176 of 2009 has been registered for the offences under Sections 324, 427, 506 of IPC and Section 3(x)(1) of the S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act, 1989. In fact, there are some disputes between me and the petitioner with regard to some immovable properties and in that connection at the instigation of one Mr.Appalareddy, I lodged the complaint and the petitioner has neither beat me nor abused me.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings in the P.R.C. inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the P.R.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in P.R.C.No.27 of 2010 on the file of the Special Judge for S.C. & S.T. Cases, Visakhapatnam, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 3rd August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7713 OF 2010 (Allowed) 3rd August, 2010 CBS