Criminal Petition No. 731 of 2012 · Andhra Pradesh High Court

This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.240 of 2011 of P.S. Mangalhat, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 354 of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner 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, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. The petitioner and the de facto complainant, 1st respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 1st respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she 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. She also filed an affidavit narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings 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 petitioner would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and proceedings in Crime No.240 of 2011 of P.S. Mangalhat, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 1st respondent 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 3rd January, 2012

HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.731 of 2012 (Allowed) 3rd January, 2012