THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12155 of 2010 and Crl.P.M.P.No.2908 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 6 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.352 of 2009 on the file of the XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant are present before this Court. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners identified the 2nd respondent. The 2nd respondent stated that he compromised the matter with the petitioners/accused at the intervention of the elders and thus prayed to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners. The petitioners filed Crl.P.M.P.No.2908 of 2011, seeking to record compromise, and the same is duly signed by both parties. Along with the said Crl.M.P.No.2908 of 2011, an affidavit is filed by the defacto- complainant stating that both parties have settled their disputes amicably. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.352 of 2009 on the file of XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, 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 criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners will serve no purpose. Therefore, in view of the guidelines laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court, the proceedings against the petitioners-accused can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, Crl.P.M.P.No.2908 of 2011 is allowed and consequently the Criminal Petition is also allowed and the proceedings against the petitioners-accused in C.C.No.352 of 2009 on the file of the XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 29.03.2011 v v