IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.293 OF 2010 Between: S. Venkatesh Reddy ……Petitioner – Accused AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.293 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner S. Venkatesh Reddy, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in C.C. No.1854 of 2008 on the file of IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Kukatpally, Cyberabad, arising out of Crime No.1256 of 2008 of Kukatpally Police Station, Cyberabad, registered for the offence under Section 420 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. Now, de facto complainant G. Sunil Kumar – respondent No.2 and the petitioner are present before this Court and the de facto complainant produced his original driving licence bearing No.DLFAP12838172006 issued by the Medhcal Unit, R.R. District, in proof of his identity. The driving licence contains the photograph of the petitioner, shows his date of birth as 12-06-1988 and residential address as 10-4-68/1, Fathenagar, R.R. District. Further both the parties are identified by their respective counsel Sri T. Pradyumna Kumar Reddy and Sri Sricharan Telaprolu. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant as well as the petitioner. 3. On being questioned, de facto complainant reports that the petitioner has compromised the matter out of Court, as such, the impugned proceedings against him may be quashed. 4. Furthermore, a reading of the complaint also reveals that perhaps the offence under Section 420 IPC is not constituted. 4. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of Court, the impugned proceedings against the petitioner can be quashed. 5. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the admission stage itself and the impugned proceedings against the petitioner in C.C. No.1854 of 2008 on the file of IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Kukatpally, Cyberabad, are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J January 22, 2010. PV