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ORDER :

1. This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed on behalf of the petitioner herein/Accused, to quash the proceedings in PRC No. 29 of 2022 pending on the file of the I Additional Junior civil Judge-cum-XI Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Anakapalli registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376 and 417 IPC pertaining to Crime No. 271 of 2022 of Anakapalli Town Police Station.

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 at, between the parties, respondent No. 2/de facto complainant filed I.A. Nos. 2 of 2024 and 3 of 2024 seeking to permit them to compound the offence and to record the compromise.

3. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioner herein/Accused and 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court. They produced their respective aadhar cards in proof of their identity. Learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for 2nd respondent have identified both the parties in the open Court. This Court has questioned 2nd respondent herein/de facto complainant with regard to compro