ORDER

The petitioners are the accused 1, 4 and 5 in C.C. No. 385/2018 on the file of the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate (for the trial of Forest Offences), Nedumangad, which arises out of Crime No. 685/2018 registered by the Vithura Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District, as against the accused persons for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 143 , 147, 149, 341, 294(b), 323, 324 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code .

2. The petitioners have approached this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023, to quash Annexure A1 FIR and Annexure A2 Final Report and all further proceedings in the above crime. It is averred in the criminal miscellaneous case that the dispute that led to the registration of the crime has been amicably settled between the petitioners and the second respondent (victim), who has affirmed Annexure A3 affidavit, vouching for the settlement.

3. I have heard the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners, the learned Public Prosecutor, and the learned Counsel for the second respondent.

4. The learned counsel on either side submits that, with the intervention of relatives and well-wishers, the p