HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12716 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is ﬁled by the petitioner- accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.1062 of 2011 of P.S. Sanjeev Reddy Nagar, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 354 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, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, in terms of compromise, they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 27.11.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. The petitioner and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are veriﬁed by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 2 nd respondent stated that on the advice of family members and well- wishers, herself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she 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. She 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 the criminal proceedings against the petitioner would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.1062 of 2011 of P.S. Sanjeev Reddy Nagar, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The aﬃdavit of the 2nd respondent and copy of the Memorandum of Understanding dated 27.11.2011 ﬁled into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, ﬁled along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 29th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.42107 of 2011 (Allo wed) 29th November, 2011 cbs