THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION No.6064 of 2008 DATED:24.09.2009 Between: Sydu Satyanarayana and others .. Petitioners And The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION No.6064 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioners 1 to 9 and respondents 2 to 21 are present before the Court. The respondents 2 to 21 filed the compromise memo before the Court stating that both the accused and the complainants are residents of the same village and the village elders intervened in their disputes and settled the matter. The respondents 2 to 21 therefore desire to withdraw the crime against the accused and hence, requested for quashing of the proceedings. The petitioners 1 to 9 and respondents 2 to 21 are identified by Sri Balaji Medamalli, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri K.Ramesh Babu, learned counsel for the respondents. The respondents 2 to 21 reiterated before the Court also about the compromise and requested for quashing the proceedings. The petitioners 1 to 9 also made the same request. The material papers enclosed to the petition disclose that the disputes are purely personal in nature. No public policy is involved. Continuance of prosecution will be a futile exercise in view of the settlement between the parties. The inherent jurisdiction has to be invoked to put an end to the vexing litigation and to maintain peace and harmony in the village as requested by the parties. Therefore, the further proceedings in Cr.No.93 of 2008 on the file of Eluru Rural Police Station, West Godavari District against the petitioners are quashed and the Criminal Petition is allowed. The parties are informed. ___________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J 24th September 2009 KH