HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.M.P.No.3299 of 2011 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.2733 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.515 of 2010 on the file of the VII Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences under Sections 506, 354 and 509 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 22.10.2010 in terms of the compromise and they also filed Crl.P.M.P.No.3299 of 2011 praying the court to compound the offence. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in the calendar case. The petitioner and the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner have settled the matter amicably and therefore she 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 learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar case 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 continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner would serve no purpose and though the offence under Section 354 IPC is non-compoundable, by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the same can be compounded and the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.No.3299 of 2011 is allowed and consequently the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.515 of 2010 on the file of the VII Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Memorandum of Understanding 22.10.2010 filed by the parties be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 6th April, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.M.P.No.3299 of 2011 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.2733 of 2011 (Allowed) 6th April, 2010 CBS