Rekandar Pruthvi Achyut v. The State Of Telangana And Another

THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI of and .

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.I in/and Crl.P.No.6863 of 2019 COMMON ORDER :

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash Crime No.653 of 2017 on the file of Chandanagar Police Station, Cyberabad, registered against the petitioner-accused for the offences under Section 354 IPC and Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. I.A.No.2 of 2019 is filed under Section 320(6) seeking to permit respondent No.2 to compromise the matter with the petitioner.

I.A.No.3 of 2019 is filed under Section 320(2) seeking to record compromise and to quash Crime No.653 of 2017 on the file of Chandanagar Police Station, Cyberabad. Along with this application, a joint memo supported by an affidavit of respondent No.2-de facto complainant is filed and the same are made part of the record. The said joint memo has been duly signed by the parties and their signatures are duly attested/verified by their respective counsel. It is stated in the joint memo that at the instance of the elders and well wishers, the matter was settled between the petitioner and respondent No.2-de facto complainant. Today, when the matter came up for hearing, the petitioner and respondent No.2-de facto complainant are personally present before the Court and they are identified by their respective counsel.

In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, I find that it is a fit case to grant leave to the parties to compound the offences and to quash the aforesaid proceedings against the petitioner-accused.

In the result, I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2019 are ordered. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and Crime No.653 of 2017 on the file of Chandanagar Police Station, Cyberabad, registered against the petitioner-accused is hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in the criminal petition, shall stand closed.

__________________ JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI 02nd November, 2019 dr