IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH : HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST (21TH) DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN Present: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY Crl.P.No.5384 of 2011 Between: Erragolla Rajesh @ Arra Rakesh …Petitioners And: The State of A.P., rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY Criminal Petition No.5384 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner-accused and 2nd respondent-complainant present. Sri C. Damodar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner- accused and Sri Y. Rajeev, learned counsel for the 2nd respondent present. 2. It is stated that the dispute has been settled out side the Court and both parties have entered into compromise as set out in the memorandum of compromise enclosed to the petition. In pursuance of the terms of the compromise, the victim girl Chedalu Roja married the petitioner and both of them are living together happily on the advice of the village elders and therefore, the 2nd respondent-father of the victim girl is not interested in pursuing the case against the petitioner. 3. In view of the compromise entered in to between the parties and having regard to the fact that as a result of the compromise effected by the village elders, the petitioner married the victim girl and both of them are living together, leading marital life, it is considered that no useful purpose would be served by continuing the proceedings against the petitioner in PRC No.16 of 2011 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Metpalli, Karimnagar district. 4. In the circumstances, it is held that further proceedings against the petitioner in PRC No.16 of 2011 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Metpalli, Karimnagar, can be quashed by invoking the inherent powers of the Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. and accordingly quashed. 5. In the result, the criminal petition is disposed of. __________________ G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J Date: 21.07.2011 bss