HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.569 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.57 of 2010 of P.S. Domakonda, Nizamabad District, registered for the offence under Sections 384, 376 r/w 34 IPC, 109 and Sections 3(1)(x) and 3(2)(v) of SCs /STs (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime in so far as the petitioner herein is concerned. 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 on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner 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 the Court which runs as follows: “I am the 2nd respondent herein and the defacto complainant in Cr.No.57 of 2010 of P.S. Domakonda, Nizamabad District and as such I am acquainted with the facts of the case. I submit that I have lodged a complaint to the police, P.S. Domakonda, Nizamabad District against accused Nos.1 and 2 alleging the offences under Sections 384, 376 r/w 34, 109 IPC Sections 3(1)(x), 3(2)(v) of SCs/STs (POA) Act, 1989 and in pursuance of the said complaint the police registered the case in Cr.No.57 of 2010 against them and arrested accused Nos.1 and 2 in the said complaint. At the time of arrest of accused Nos.1 and 2, the police due to their internal problems arrayed the petitioner herein as accused No.3. I have no grievance against the petitioner herein and I have not stated anything against him in the complaint. The petitioner filed quash petition before this Hon’ble Court vide Crl.P.No.569 of 2011 and this Hon’ble Court granted interim stay and issued notices against me. After receiving the notices only, I came to know that the police arrayed the petitioner as A.3. Thereafter, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, we have compromised the matter. As per the said compromise, I will not prosecute the case against the petitioner herein who is A.3 in the above said crime. Therefore, in view of the compromise entered between us, I have no objection if the proceedings in Cr.No.57 of 2010 on the file of the Police, P.S. Domakonda, Nizamabad District are quashed against petitioner/A.3 is concerned. Hence this affidavit.” 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 the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime in so far as the petitioner herein is concerned can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.57 of 2010 of P.S. Domakonda, Nizamabad District, are hereby quashed. The police are at liberty to proceed with the investigation into the said crime in respect of the other accused. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.569 OF 2011 (Allowed) 25th February, 2011 CBS