IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.889 OF 2010 Between: Lakavath Jayaram ……Petitioner – Accused AND State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.889 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner Lakavath Jayaram, accused, seeking to quash the proceedings against him in Crime No.7 of 2010 of Dammapet Police Station, Khammam District, registered for the offences under Sections 448 and 354 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. De facto complainant Smt. Bukya Channamma and the accused Lakavath Jayaram are present and on being questioned, de facto complainant reports that the matter is compromised between them out of Court, as such, the impugned proceedings against the petitioner may be quashed. 4. As seen from the circumstances of the case and the ages of the parties etc., it appears that the impugned complaint is filed for different reasons. 5. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of Court, the impugned proceedings against the petitioner can be quashed. 6. In proof of her identity, de facto complainant produced her original electoral card, issued by the Election Commission of India, bearing No.AP/40/277/186704, which contains her photograph, showing her husband name as Krishnaiah and residence as Door No.3-111(1), Nagupalli, Khammam District. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. Petitioner is identified by his counsel Sri Nimmagadda Satyanarayana. 7. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the admission stage itself and the impugned proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No.7 of 2010 of Dammapet Police Station, Khammam District, are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 5, 2010. PV