HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3151 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.11 of 2011 of Jubilee Hills P.S., Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 324 IPC. Heard both sides. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the crime. The petitioners and the defacto complainant 1st respondent herein are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced his identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. He stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioners have settled the matter out of Court and therefore he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners 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 praying the Court to quash the proceedings in the crime. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in 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 continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioners would serve no purpose and by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.11 of 2011 of Jubilee Hills P.S., Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th April, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3151 of 2011 (Allowed) 8th April, 2010 CBS