S.Janga Reddy , Jagan Mohan Reddy , Sjm Reddy v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.5860 of 2016 & Criminal Petition No.5077 of 2016 ORDER:

The above Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-A-1 under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in P.R.C.No.41 of 2015 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy, arising out of Crime No.56 of 2015 of Dharur Police Station, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324, 504 IPC and Sections 3 (1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The petitioner is alleged to have committed the offences punishable under 324, 504 IPC and Sections 3 (1)(x) of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

When this matter has been taken up, the petitioner and the second respondent-de facto complainant, who appeared before this Court, submitted through their Counsel that due to intervention of elders, they entered into compromise and therefore, the proceedings in the above PRC may be quashed. The second respondent-de facto complainant filed an affidavit to that effect. Both the parties filed a joint memo of compromise also. In view of the compromise arrived at between the parties, continuation of the proceedings against the petitioner-accused 1 would be the exercise in futility. In a case of this nature, the Courts would be justified in invoking its inherent jurisdiction, and the technicalities should not be allowed to stand in the way of

Courts' power to quash the criminal proceedings even in the case of non-compoundable offences.

In the above circumstances and in view of the compromise, this Court feels that it is just and proper to quash the proceedings against the petitioners herein. Hence, the above Crl.M.P is ordered, and the proceedings against the petitioners-accused 1 in P.R.C.No.41 of 2015 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, at Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy are quashed. Accordingly, the above Crl.M.P is ordered and the Criminal Petition is allowed.

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

_______________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date: 11-04-2016 Ksn