IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD Criminal Petition No.6410 of 2009 Between: G. Srinivas Rao and others .. Petitioners AND Annapareddy Srinivasa Reddy and another .. Respondents Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed therewith, the High Court will be pleased to quash the proceedings in Crime No.129 of 2009 of Macherla Town Police Station, Guntur District. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Challa Srinivasa Reddy, Advocate for the petitioners and of Smt. Vanga Anitha, Advocate for the 1st respondent and of the Public Prosecutor for the 2nd respondent, the Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioners 2 to 6 and the 1st respondent are present before the Court and they are identified by Sri Challa Srinivasa Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Smt. Vanga Anitha, learned counsel for the 1st respondent. Petitioners 1 to 7 and the 1st respondent together filed Criminal Petition M.P. No.6210 of 2009 seeking permission for compounding the offence. Petitioners 1 and 7 also subscribed to the petition, whose signatures are attested by the Superintendent, Sub-Jail, Gurazala where they are in custody. It was stated by the 1st respondent in the affidavit in support of the said petition that he desires to drop the complaint, as he compounded the offences and compromised with the accused. The 1st respondent stated the same before the Court also. The material on record discloses that the disputes are purely personal in nature not involving any public policy and continuance of the prosecution will be a futile exercise in view of the compromise. Even if there are non-compoundable offences involved, a pragmatic view was advised to be taken by the Apex Court in such cases to take recourse to the inherent jurisdiction to quash the proceedings. The criminal petition itself has been filed with the same allegations. Therefore, the vexing litigation should be allowed to end. The further proceedings in Crime No.129 of 2009 of Macherla Town Police Station, Guntur District against the petitioners are, hence, quashed and the criminal petition is allowed accordingly. The parties are informed. Petitioners 1 and 7 stated to be in judicial custody in Sub-Jail, Gurazala only in connection with this crime, shall be set at liberty forthwith, if they are not required in any other case. _____________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 19-08-2009 Svv