HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6873 OF 2011 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 Crime No.149 of 2011 of P.S. Mahankali, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 506 IPC and 3(10) of SCs & STs (POA) Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and they entered into a Compromise Deed on 21.7.2011 in terms of the compromise and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The 2nd respondent-defacto complainant is present before this Court and 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 petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court 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. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash 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 the proceedings initiated against the petitioner in the crime can be quashed by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Further, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.124 dated 9.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No. 149 of 2011 of P.S. Mahankali, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Compromise Deed dated 21.7.2011 filed into Court by both parties and the affidavit of the 2nd respondent be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6873 OF 2011 (Allowed) 9th August, 2011 cbs