HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8578 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.433 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Chikkadpally, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 307, 406, 506, 120-B of IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act. When the matter came up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-de facto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, in terms of compromise, the 1st petitioner and the 2nd respondent entered into a Memorandum of Understanding- cum-Compromise Agreement on 17.08.2011. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The 2nd respondent is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she 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. 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioners 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 said amount. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.433 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Chikkadpally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent and copy of the Memorandum of Understanding-cum-Compromise Agreement dated 17.08.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 23rd September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8578 OF 2011 (Allowed) 23rd September, 2011 cbs