Petitioners have invoked the jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash all proceedings against them.

2. Petitioners are accused 1 to 3 in Crime No.451/2024 of Adoor Police Station, Pathanamthitta District, registered for the offences under Sections 323 , 324, 506 and 308 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code ,

1860. Third respondent is the defacto complainant and respondents 4 and 5 are the injured witnesses.

3. According to the prosecution, the accused had, assaulted the defacto complainant and his friends using a stone and a wooden stick, and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents, apart from the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the matter has been settled and hence the proceedings against the petitioners ought to be quashed. It was also submitted that, considering the nature of offences alleged, no purpose would be served by continuing the proceedings.

6. The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the statements of respondents 4 and 5 have not yet been recorded and only the statement of the defacto complainant has been record