ORDER

The petitioners are accused Nos. 1 and 2 in C.C.No.

544/2024 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Offences), Ernakulam, (‘Trial Court’, for short), which has arisen from Crime No. 2447/2023 registered by the Ernakulam Town South Police Station, Ernakulam District, alleging the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147 and 323 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The petitioners have 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 petitioners and the second respondent, who has executed Annexure A3 affidavit, affirming 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 parties have resolved their disputes amicably. The party respondent has no subsisting grievance and does