HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10546 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.235 of 2004 on the file of the XII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and in terms of compromise, they entered into an Agreement on 20.09.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case against the petitioners. The 2nd respondent - de facto complainant is present before this Court and produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. He stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court 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. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar case 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 continuation of criminal proceedings would serve no purpose and by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.235 of 2004 on the file of the XII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Courts, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed, and consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. Copy of the Agreement dated 20.09.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10546 of 2011 (Allowed) 8th November, 2011 cbs