HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRl.P.M.P.No.9695 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.2584 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioner/Accused approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.413 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Parigi, Ranga Reddy District, taken on file for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent-complainant are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent filed a copy of his PAN card bearing No.AAYPE3921A, in proof of his identity. He stated that on the intervention of elders and well wishers, he agreed to withdraw the complaint lodged by him against the petitioner herein. A petition in Crl.P.M.P.No.9695 of 2011 duly signed by both parties is filed seeking permission of the Court to compromise the matter. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioner 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 by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioner can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the parties are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only), towards costs, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.261 dated 09.09.2011. Accordingly, Crl.P.M.P.No.9695 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in C.C.No.413 of 2004 of P.S.Parigi, Ranga Reddy District, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioner is acquitted of the charge levelled against him. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 12th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRl.P.M.P.No.9695 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.2584 of 2010 (Allowed) 12th September, 2011 cbs