HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8698 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.74 of 2007 of Denduluru P.S., West Godavari District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid Crime. The petitioners 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 upon the advice of the elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioners have compromised the matter amicably and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. He also filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “I am the 2nd respondent in the above petition and the defacto complaint in Crime No.74 of 2007 on the file of the Denduluru Police Station. I am deposing this affidavit on my own consent without any pressure or coercion. The above criminal petition was filed by the petitioners herein seeking to quash the Crime No.74 of 2007 on the file of the Denduluru Police station. The above crime is registered against the petitioners-accused for the offences punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act 1989 basing on a report given by me. Since the accused and myself are the residence of the same village and with an intention to live peacefully without there being any misunderstandings or nuisance, with the intervention of the village elders the dispute between the accused and me was settled. In pursuance of the settlement, I intended to withdraw the above complaint in crime against the accused. Accordingly, I have no grievance against the petitioners-accused and the Crime No.74 of 2007 on the file of the Denduluru Police Station may be quashed.” 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 Crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.74 of 2007 of Denduluru P.S., West Godavari District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8698 OF 2010 (Allowed) 27th August, 2010 CBS