ORDER :

(K. Sujana, J.) :

This Criminal Petition is filed under 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in P.R.C.No.14 of 2024 on the file of the learned IV Additional Junior Civil Judgecum-XV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal Malkajgiri District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 417, 420 and 376(2)(n), of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘I.P.C.’).

2. Heard Sri Mohammed Afzaluddin Dakhani, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner as well as Sri D. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that respondent No.2/de facto complainant filed Interlocutory Applications, vide I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2024, in the present criminal petition to permit the petitioner and respondent No.2/de facto complainant to compound the offences and to record the compromise, therefore, he prayed the Court to quash the proceedings against the petitioner in P.R.C.No.14 of 2024, as the matter has been settled amicably.

4. In support of his submission, learned counsel for the petitioner relied