HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1814 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 him in Crime No.159 of 2010 of Pakala Police Station, Chittoor District, registered for the offence under Section 353 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of SCs & STs (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional 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 petitioner and the 2nd respondent filed a Joint Memo before the Court which runs as follows: “It is submitted that on 19.11.2010 the defacto complainant lodged a complaint against the petitioner/accused herein for the offences under Section 353 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of SCs & STs (POA) Act of 1989. Based on the complaint, the police registered the same as crime No.159/2010 on the file of Pakala Police Station, Chittoor District. At the instance of village elders and well wishers the dispute is pacified, based on that, the defacto complainant agreed to withdraw the complaint, which is pending on the file of Pakala Police Station against the petitioner/accused. It is submitted that the defacto complainant is present in person before this Hon’ble Court. The defacto complainant prays that the Hon’ble Court may be pleased to quash Crime No.159 of 2010 pending on the file of Pakala Police Station, Pakala, Chittoor District and to pass necessary orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the crime 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 by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.159 of 2010 of Pakala Police Station, Chittoor District, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1814 OF 2011 (Allowed) 28th February, 2011 CBS