ORDER :

K. Sreenivasa Reddy, J.

This Criminal Petition, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., has been filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 and 6, seeking to quash the proceedings in SC.SPL.No.19 of 2017 on the file of learned I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chittoor, Chittoor District for the offences punishable under Sections 323 read with 34 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the SCs & the STs (PoA)Act, 1989.

2. It is represented that 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 the parties, they filed IA Nos.2 of 2024 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 and 2nd respondent herein 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. They produced their respective aadhar cards in proof of their identity. This Court has questioned the de facto complainant with regard to compromise and he has categorically stated to that extent that he has voluntarily entered into compr