THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13654 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.499 of 2006 on the file of the III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Thirupathi, wherein he is facing trial for the offences under Sections 420 and 425 IPC read with 156 (3) Cr.P.C. 2. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for both the parties stated that the matter has been compromised between the parties. 3. The petitioner-accused and the 2nd respondent-complainant are present before this Court. The complainant filed is household card bearing No.PAP 104200200257 in proof of his identity. It is stated that at the intervention of the mediators, they compromised the matter. An affidavit is also filed by the complainant narrating the same. 4. This Court perused the entire material on record. 5. Even though the offences alleged against the accused are non-compoundable, considering the fact that the parties have compromised the matter out of Court, this Court is of the view that continuation of the criminal proceedings against the accused would serve no purpose, and in view of the guidelines laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court, by exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the further proceedings against the accused can be quashed by this Court. 6. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings against the petitioner – accused in C.C.No.499 of 2006 on the file of the III Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupathi, are hereby quashed. Affidavit of the petitioner – accused be made as part of this order. 7. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ______________ RAJA ELANGO, J December 26, 2011. KTL