O R D E R

The petitioners are the accused Nos. 1 and2 in C.C.

No. 152/2024 on the file of the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-V, Mattancherry, which arises out of Crime No. 2736/2023 registered by the Mattencherry Police Station, Ernakulam District, as against the accused persons for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 341, 294(b), 323, 326 and 506 read with Section 34 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-1 FIR, Annexure- 2 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 respondents 2 to 5 (victim), who have affirmed Annexure

3 to 6 affidavits, 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 respondents 2 to 5.

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