HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6759 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 16, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in P.R.C.No.29 of 2006 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narasaraopet, for the offences under Sections 323, 506 r/w 34 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the SCs & STs (POA) Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the P.R.C. The 1st respondent-defacto complainant is present before this Court and 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, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against them 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 proceedings in the P.R.C. 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 the proceedings in the P.R.C. can be quashed by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Further, the petitioners and the 1st respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.2,000/- (Rupees Two thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.126 dated 9.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in P.R.C.No.29 of 2006 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narasaraopet, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 1st respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6759 OF 2011 (Allowed) 9th August, 2011 cbs