THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2042 and 2321 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since the de facto complainant and the crime number in both the petitions is one and the same, they are being heard together and disposed of by this common order. Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.8 of 2011 of Amalapuram Police Station, East Godavari District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 363, 354, 342, 427, 452, 323 and 506 read with 149 of IPC. Heard both sides. Today, the de facto complainant – Neelam Narayana Swamy and the revision petitioners-accused are present. Complainant filed their household card bearing No.WAP045401900583 in proof of his identity. Petitioners filed a copy of the Memorandum of acceptance agreement entered between both parties, which shall form part and parcel of the record, as per which the petitioners-accused agreed to give an amount of Rs.4,50,000/- to the complainant and his family for vacating the house in the coconut garden and the complainant received the above said amount before the elders on 29.01.2011. It is further stated by the complainant in the said agreement that both parties could not raise any dispute against each other. This Court perused the material placed on record and when questioned, it is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of court between both parties and in view of the settlement, he received an amount of Rs.4,50,000/- from the petitioners-accused and he does not want to proceed further against the accused. As the matter being a dispute in a small village and when the village elders intent to settle the issue amicably and also the complainant himself reported that the matter is settled and he is not having any grievance against the accused, there is no need for further investigation in the matter and the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petitions are allowed and further proceedings in Crime No.8 of 2011 of Amalapuram Police Station, East Godavari District, are hereby quashed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 15th March 2011, Rns.