ORDER :

1. This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioners/A-1 to A-5, seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No. 79 of 2023 of Rapur Police Station, SPSR Nellore district, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354-D, 376(2)(n), 417, 506 read with 34 IPC and Section 5(1) read with 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012.

2. It is represented that both the parties have settled the dispute amicably out of the Court at the intervention of their elders and well wishers. In view of the settlement arrived between both the parties, they filed I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2024 seeking to permit them to compound the offences and to record the compromise.

3. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioners herein/Accused Nos. 1 to 5 and 2nd respondent/de facto complainant are present before this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for 2nd respondent have identified the parties in the open Court. This Court has questioned the de facto complainant with regard to compromise and she has categorically stated to that extent that she has voluntarily entered into compromise with the petitioners herein/A-1 to A-5. This Court is satisfied with