( 1 ) THIS revision is directed against the common order, dated 1-12-1995 of the assistant Sessions Judge, Eluru in West Godavari District passed in crlm. P. No. 198/95 and Crl. M. P. No. 199/95 on his file refusing permission to the defacto-complainant to enter into compromise with the accused and to record the same in S. C. 89/94 on his file.

( 2 ) THE facts relevant for the purpose of this revision are as under:- the revision-petitioner (A-2) and two others (A-1 and A-3) are being prosecuted for the offence under Section 354, IPC in S. C. No. 89/94 and Marri nagalakshmi is the defacto-complainant and victim in the said case. The prosecution examined witnesses P. Ws. 1,2,4 and 5 in chief on 16-4-1995 and the accused took time for cross-examining the said witnesses. Thereafter, on 24-11-1995, the defacto-complainant Marri Nagalakshmi filed Cr. M. P. No. 198/95 under Section 320 (2), Cr. P. C. seeking permission of the Court to compound the matter with the accused in view of the compromise effected between her and the accused by the village elders. She also filed Crl. M. P. No. 199/95 under Section 320 (8), Cr. P. C. to record the said compromise between her and th