HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7674 of 2010 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.126 of 2010 of Hanuman Junction Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 354 r/w 34 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter was settled out of Court amicably between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid Crime. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that the matter was compromised out of Court and that she gave the complaint against the accused under misconception expecting financial aid from the Government. Therefore, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the accused with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. She also filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “I am defacto complainant/2nd respondent in the above case and I am well acquainted with the facts of the case. I am eking my livelihood by purchasing vegetables from Hanuman Junction Market Yard and selling them at Ryothu Bazar, Gudivada. I know the petitioner herein since long time as I used to purchase vegetables from him. On 14.07.2010 there was some altercation between me and the assistant of the petitioner herein regarding rates of vegetables and I have been informed by our caste people that if any complaint is lodged for the offences under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 the Government would provide some financial assistance, as such, I have lodged the above complaint to the Sub Inspector of Police, Hanuman Junction against the petitioner herein and another for the offences under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and for other offences. Both myself and the petitioner herein have been doing our business in the same market yard amicably and I do not have any dispute with the petitioner herein and we residing in the neighbouring villages and as such I am not willing to pursue the above complaint and I do not have any objection to quash the proceedings.” 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.126 of 2010 of Hanuman Junction Police Station, Krishna District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 4th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7674 OF 2010 (Allowed) 6th August, 2010 CBS