O R D E R

Dated this the 14^th day of November, 2025 The petitioner is the accused in C.C.No31 of 2017 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Paravur, which has arisen from Crime No.1634 of 2016 registered by the Chathannur Police Station, Kollam, alleging the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 294, 341 and 323 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

2. The petitioner has invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023, to quash all further proceedings in the above case. It is asserted that the dispute that led to the registration of the crime has been amicably settled between the petitioner and respondents 3 and 4, who have executed Annexures C &

D affidavits, affirming the settlement.

3. I have heard the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners, the learned Public Prosecutor, and the learned Counsel for respondents 3 and 4.

4. The learned counsel on either side submits that, with the intervention of relatives and well-wishers, the parties have resolved their disputes amicably. The respondents 3 and 4 have no subsisting grievance and do not wish to pursue the prosecution