IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9032 OF 2009 Between: Sankranthi Kalyan, S/o. Malakondaiah ……Petitioner – accused AND State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9032 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Sankranthi Kalyan, accused No.1, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.71 of 2008 of Two Town Police Station, Nellore registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354, 323 & 506 read with 34 IPC and 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner reports that the matter is compromised between the parties out of Court, as such, the proceedings against the petitioner may be quashed. 4. The de facto complainant Smt. P. Saroja and the petitioner Sankranthi Kalyan are present before the Court and they are identified by their respective counsel. Further, in proof of her identity, the de facto complainant produced her original electoral card bearing No.GND4471223, which also contains her photograph, showing her date of birth as 1979 and her residence as R/o.1-442, Nellore Ramachandra Nagar, Pullamma Satram, Yanamala Palem K, Nellore. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. 5. On being questioned, the de facto complainant reports that the petitioner compromised the matter with her out of the Court, as such, the proceedings against him may be quahsed. 6. In the circumstances, as the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of the Court and in view of the nature of offence, the impugned proceedings against the petitioner can be quashed. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.71 of 2008 of Two Town Police Station, Nellore, are quahsed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 17, 2009. PV