HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.2892 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.5741 of 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in P.R.C.No.19 of 2009 on the file of the IV Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nellore, for the offences punishable under Sections 3(1)(v) and (xiii) of SCs and STs (P.O.A) Act, 1989. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the defacto complainant 1st respondent herein that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and in this regard both the parties filed Crl.M.P.No.2892 of 2011 with a prayer to record the compromise. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the P.R.C. The petitioners and the defacto complainant are present before this Court. The defacto complainant 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 compromised 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 before the Court. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the P.R.C. 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 P.R.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Crl.M.P.No.2892 of 2011 is allowed and, consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in P.R.C.No.19 of 2009 on the file of the IV Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nellore, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant with regard to the settlement be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.2892 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.5741 of 2009 (Allowed) 25th March, 2011 CBS