ORDER

The petitioners are the accused in Crime No.

1546 / 2025 registered by the Erattupettah Police Station, Kottayam, alleging the commission of the offences punishable under Sections 296 (b) and 115(2) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 and Sections 3 (1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act , 1989.

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

2^nd respondent, who has executed Annexures A2 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 2^nd 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 not wish to pursue the prosecution, and has no objecti