THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2270 OF 2011 DATED 14th MARCH, 2011. BETWEEN : H.Thimma Reddy & others .. Petitioners-A.1 to A.15 and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2270 OF 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is filed by the petitioners-A.1 to A.15 seeking to record compromise and acquit the petitioners by quashing the judgment dated 20.02.2008 in S.C.No.416 of 2006 on the file of the Assistant Sessions Judge, Adoni. Heard. Petitioners-accused were convicted by the learned trial Judge for an offence punishable under Section 307 of Indian Penal Code. Challenging the same, petitioners preferred an appeal before the competent Court. As such, the present petition filed by the petitioners is without any jurisdiction. But, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the main grievance of the petitioners is that the de facto complainant has already deposed before the Court that the petitioners are not involved in the crime and they are not the persons who caused injuries, but whereas the learned trial Judge conducted trial and convicted the accused. He further submitted that the petitioners may be permitted to compound the offence in the Appellate Court. This Court is of the view that for an offence under Section 307 of Indian Penal Code, there cannot be any compounding between the parties unless they are closely related to each other. Even though the petitioners approached this Court without any jurisdiction, considering the submissions made by the petitioners’ counsel as well as the counsel for R.2 learned Appellate Judge is directed to dispose of the case as early as possible particularly relying on the evidence of the de facto complainant, who is the victim in this case. With above observation, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 14.03.2011 sur