HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11214 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in S.C.No.119 of 2011 on the file of the Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Warangal, for the offence punishable under Section 366 of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, in terms of compromise, they entered into an Agreement on 02.07.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. The 2nd respondent - de facto complainant is present before this Court and produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. He stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. The 2nd respondent also filed an affidavit narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings 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 continuation of criminal proceedings would serve no purpose and by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in S.C.No.119 of 2011 on the file of the Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Warangal, are hereby quashed, and consequently, the petitioner is acquitted of the charge levelled against him. Copy of the Agreement dated 02.07.2011 and affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11214 of 2011 (Allowed) 8th November, 2011 cbs