IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6999 OF 2009 Between: Kamanuri Vijaya BhaskaraBabu. ..... PETITIONER. AND K. Ananda Reddy and another. ..... RESPONDENTS. Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased to quash the proceedings in S.C. No. 155 of 2007 on the file of special Sessions Judge for Trial of cases under Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989-cum-VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurnool. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. R. RADHAKRISHNA REDDY, Advocate for the Petitioner and Sri RAJA REDDY KONETI, Advocate for the first respondent and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the second Respondent, the Court made the following: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION NO.6999 OF 2009 ORDER: Sri Raja Reddy Koneti, learned counsel, filed vakalath for the first respondent. The petitioner is present and he is identified by Sri K. Radha Krishna Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Raja Reddy Koneti, learned counsel for the first respondent. Heard Sri A. Ramesh, learned counsel representing learned Public Prosecutor for the second respondent also. The Criminal Petition has been filed alleging that the petitioner does not want to prosecute the Sessions Case for the reasons stated in the Criminal Petition and as himself or the Court of Session are disabled from withdrawing the complaint or closing the same respectively, the proceedings in the case may be quashed. The material papers on record show that the offences alleged were under Sections 307 and 506 of Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1)(X) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The disputes between the parties are purely personal in nature not involving any public policy and obviously when the Petitioner himself wants to withdraw from the prosecution, no useful purpose will be served by continuing the prosecution. The petitioner stated before the Court also that for the various reasons stated in the Criminal Petition, he does not want to prosecute the case and desired that the further proceedings in the Sessions case may be quashed and the request of the petitioner has to be accepted under the circumstances. Accordingly, the further proceedings in Sessions Case No.155 of 2007 on the file of special Sessions Judge for Trial of cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989-cum-VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurnool, against the first respondent are quashed and the Criminal Petition is allowed accordingly. The petitioner is informed. ____________________ G.BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 02-09-2009. Dsh.