HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2207 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-sole accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in P.R.C.No.34 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Jaggaipet, Krishna District, for the offences punishable under Sections 354 and 506 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter was settled out of Court between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid P.R.C. The petitioner and the 1st respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that at the intervention of elders, herself and the petitioner have settled the matter amicably and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner before the Court with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. She filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “Based on my complaint, Penuganchiprolu Police registered Crime No.137 of 2009 against the petitioner herein for the offence u/s 354 and 506 IPC. After conducting investigation, the police filed charge sheet and the same is numbered as P.R.c.No.34 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Jagaipet, Krishna District. At this stage, at the intervention of the elders, the matter has been settled between myself and the petitioner amicably. I do not want to prosecute the accused. I have no objection to allow the criminal petition No.2207 of 2010 on the file of this Court and quash P.R.C.No.34 of 2009 on the file of the J.F.C.M., Jaggaipet. Since myself and the petitioner are working in a temple and we are looking at each other everyday, I deem it necessary to quash the P.R.C.” 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 view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the P.R.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in P.R.C.No.34 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Jaggaipet, Krishna District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 10th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2207 OF 2010 (Allowed) 10th August, 2010 CBS