Koona Murali S/O Bodenna, v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh,

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.M.P.No.674 of 2016 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.718 of 2016 ORDER:

This petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in DVC No.22 of 2014 pending on the file of III Metropolitan Magistrate at Visakhapatnam.

When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner filed Crl.P.M.P.No.674 of 2016 stating that the parties have entered into compromise and therefore, he prayed to allow the petition and to quash the impugned proceedings.

Both the parties as well as their counsel have signed on the joint memo of compromise annexed to Crl.P.M.P.No.674 of 2016. The parties, who are present in the Court, also affirmed the same. A perusal of the affidavit filed in support of the petition goes to show that the matter was settled between the parties.

In view of the amicable settlement of the dispute between the parties and in view of the nature of the proceedings, Crl.P.M.P.No.674 of 2016 is ordered and the compromise is recorded. Consequent thereto, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in DVC No.22 of 2014 pending on the file of III Metropolitan Magistrate at Visakhapatnam are hereby quashed as against the petitioner herein. It is directed that this compromise shall form part of the record. The petitioner is directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- towards costs to the Andhra Pradesh Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad on or before 15th April, 2016.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed in this petition shall stand closed.

_________________ RAJA ELANGO,J 22.03.20126 Tsr