IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9035 OF 2009 Between: 1. Yannabathuni China Venkateswarlu @ Yerraiah 2. Yannabathuni Koteswar Rao 3. Yannabathuni Papa Rao 4. Yannabathuni Garitaiah ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 4 AND Yada Koteswar Rao & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9035 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1 to 4 respectively, seeking permission to them and the de facto complainant for compromising the matter in Criminal Appeal No.185 of 2009 on the file of IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Guntur and accordingly direct the Sessions Judge to record the compromise and set aside the conviction and sentence awarded against them by the Principal Assistant Sessions Judge, Narsaraopet in C.C. No.448 of 2008 in Crime No.31 of 2008 of Inavolu Police Station, Guntur District. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 3. Petitioners were already convicted for the offence punishable under Section 307 IPC. 4. In the above circumstances and considering the serious nature of offence, it is not a case for allowing the quash petition though the parties have settled the matter out of Court; as such, the petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is dismissed at the admission stage itself. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 4, 2009. PV