Kotha Kartik v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL Criminal Petition No.10696 of 2015 Date: 09-10-2015 Between:
Kotha Kartik and 4 others ... Petitioners AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Public Prosecutor, Arundalpet, Guntur District and another ... Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL Criminal Petition No.10696 of 2015 ORDER:
The criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings in Crime No.439 of 2012 on the file of Arundalpet Police Station, Guntur District for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506, 509, 307 and 354 IPC. The 2nd respondent/de facto complainant and her counsel are present. The petitioners/A1, A3 to A5 and their counsel are also present.
Heard both sides and perused the record.
On the report of the 2nd respondent/de facto complainant, the Station House Officer, Arundalpet Police Station, Guntur, registered a case in Cr.No.439 of 2012 against the petitioners/A1, A3 to A5 for the offences alleged, and after completion of investigation, filed the charge sheet.
It is submitted by both parties that at the intervention of the elders, the parties have amicably settled their disputes concerning to present case and hence compromise may be recorded and criminal proceedings in the above case may be quashed. Having regard to the above submission and considering the fact that the parties have amicably settled the disputes among themselves out of Court and no useful purpose will be served even if the parties are driven to the trial as they compromised, and following the decision reported in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another[1] the criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed and compromise is recorded, and consequently, proceedings in Crime No.439 of 2012 on the file of Arundalpet Police Station, Guntur District against the petitioners/A1, A3 to A5 are hereby quashed. The Crl.P.MP.No.10735 of 2015 and Crl.P.No.10696 of 2015 are accordingly allowed.
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed in consequence.
________________ M.S.K. JAISWAL, J Date: 09-10-2015 Ksn [1] (2012) 10 SCC 303