THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13591 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in P.R.C.No.60 of 2010 on the file of XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, in respect of the Crime No.208 of 2009 of Shahinayathgunj Police Station, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 3(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (POA) Act, 1969 (for short, the Act). Heard both sides. Today, the defacto-complainant M. Danaiah and the petitioners/ accused 1 to 5 are present. The defacto-complainant and the petitioners/accused 1 to 5 filed an affidavit stating that the matter is settled out of Court between himself and the accused 1 to 5 at the intervention of the elders, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offence is punishable under Section 3(x) of the Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offence is compounded. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in P.R.C.No.60 of 2010 on the file of XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, initiated against the petitioners/accused 1 to 5, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:11.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13591 of 2010 Date: 11.08.2011 Gk.