IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.2012 OF 2009 Between: Dibba Sankar Jayadev & another ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 & 5 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.2012 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners Dibba Sankar Jayadev and Vysyaraju Govindarajulu @ Govindarao, accused Nos.1 & 5 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.16 of 2009 of Veeraghattam Police Station, Srikakulam District, registered for the offences under Sections 323 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard. 3. The offences alleged against the petitioners are of abusing the de facto complainant Bodasingi Ramu, respondent No.2 herein, by his caste name and beating him. 4. The de facto complainant and the petitioners are present. On being questioned, the de facto complainant reports that the matter is settled between them out of Court, as such, the impugned proceedings against the petitioners may be quashed. 5. De facto complainant produced his original ration card, which contains his photograph along with his family and showing his name as Bodasingi Ramudu, son of Jogayya, his occupation as agricultural labour and residential address as House No.1-4-8, S.C. Street, S.C. Colony, Boddam village/thanda. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. Petitioners are identified by their counsel. 6. 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 can be quashed against the petitioners. 7. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the admission stage itself and the impugned proceedings against the petitioners in Crime No.16 of 2009 of Veeraghattam Police Station, Srikakulam District are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 11, 2010. PV