HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8510 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in P.R.C.No.45 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tandoor, R.R. District, for the offence punishable under Section 3(1)(x) of the S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid P.R.C. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent stated that upon the advice of the elders and well- wishers, himself and the petitioner have compromised the matter amicably and therefore he 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. He also filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “I filed a complaint against the petitioner under S.C. & S.T. (POA) Act 1989 against which F.I.R.No.237/2007 was registered. Subsequently, a charge sheet has also been filed before the Hon’ble Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tandoor. On the advice of elders and well wishers of both communities, myself and the petitioner have amicably settled all the disputes and differences between us which have arisen due to wrong information given to me. Accordingly, I am withdrawing the complaint given against the petitioner unconditionally. I also came to know that the petitioner is an aged person of 75 years, well respected in the Society and is also a former M.L.C. I have also reliably come to know that the petitioner has also undergone bypass surgery at the age of 75 years and is suffering from post-surgery complication and is sick and that he is also a diabetic and suffering from hypertension. In the circumstances, this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to quash P.R.C.No.45 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tandoor, Ranga Reddy District.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the P.R.C. inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the P.R.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in P.R.C.No.45 of 2008 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tandoor, R.R. District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8510 OF 2010 (Allowed) 27th August, 2010 CBS