HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1696 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.1 of 2011 of I Town P.S., Ananthapur, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324, 307 r/w 34 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in the crime. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent 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, himself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he 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. Both the parties also filed a joint affidavit before the Court which runs as follows: “We submit that we are deponents herein and petitioner and respondent No.2 in the above quash petition, as such we are well acquainted with the facts of the case. We submit that at the instance of elders and well wishers, all the parties including both of us have come to a conclusion to settle the disputes pending before this Hon’ble Court. As such, we have already filed a petition seeking the Hon’ble Court to record the compromise. The contents mentioned in the said compromise petition are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. The said compromise is entered with free will and consent and without any undue influence from any one. Hence, we are filing the present joint affidavit.” 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 the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.1 of 2011 of I Town P.S., Ananthapur, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 1st March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1696 OF 2011 (Allowed) 1st March, 2011 CBS