IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD CRIMINAL PETITION NO : 5907 of 2009 Between: Pathan Firoz Khan S/o.Ghouse Moinuddin Khan R/o. D.No. 8/96, Almaspet Road, Kadapa City & District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 Pathan Kaleem Khan S/o. Ghouse Moinuddin Khan R/o. D.No. 8/96, Almaspet Road, Kadapa City & District. .....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 toto call for the records in CCNO.244 of 20007 on the file of the court of the I Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kadapa and quash the same The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.V.R.REDDY KOVVURI, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the 1st Respondent. The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present in person. They are identified by Sri V.R. Reddy Kovvuri, learned counsel for the petitioner. Heard Sri V.R. Reddy Kovvuri and Sri A. Ramesh, learned counsel representing the learned Public Prosecutor for the 1st respondent. The criminal petition has been filed specifically referring to the settlement between the parties through elders and the request of the petitioner for discontinuance of further criminal proceedings initiated at his instance. The disputes are purely private and personal in nature not involving any public policy and the record discloses that continuance of the prosecution after the compromise will be a futile exercise. The inherent jurisdiction of the Court should, therefore, be invoked. Accordingly, the further proceedings in C.C. No.244 of 2007 on the file of the I Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kadapa are quashed and the criminal petition is allowed accordingly. The parties are informed. _____________________ G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J Date: 07-08-2009 Svv ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.Two CC's to Public Prosecutor 2.Two CD Copies 3.One CC to Form-NIC-0GS/CRLP{MSN}