JUDGMENT

Dinesh Mehta, J. - By way of this criminal misc. petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the accused-petitioners have approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in Sessions Case No. 89/2021 pending before the Court of Special Judge SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Cases), Udaipur seeking petitioners' prosecution for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 504, 506 & 452 of IPC and under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the 'SC/ST Act').

2. The brief facts are that on the First Information Report lodged by the complainant-respondent, after investigation charge-sheet for the aforesaid offences was filed against the accused-petitioners and on that basis above said criminal proceedings in Case No. 89/2021 were initiated.

3. During the trial, both the parties filed an application under Section 320 of Cr.P.C. to permit compounding of the aforesaid offences.

4. The trial Court partly allowed the application and permitted to compound the offences under Sections 323, 504 & 506 of IPC vide order dated 22.08.2022 but the prayer in respect