Judgment : 1. Based on the complaint given by the second respondent/de-facto complaint, the F.I.R. has been registered against the petitioners in Crime No.252 of 2014 for the alleged offences under Sections 294(b) and 506(ii) of I.P.C. on 17.07.2014 which is challenged before this Court. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned Government Advocate (Crl. side) for the first respondent. 3. When the matter is called today, both the petitioners as well as the second respondent are present and they have categorically submitted that the first petitioner is the elder brother of the second respondent and the second and third petitioners are the sons of the first petitioner. Further, with the intervention of the close relatives, the matter has been settled amicably. They have also filed a joint compromise memo, dated 13.08.2014, duly signed by both the parties and countersigned by their respective counsels. 4. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, no useful purpose will be served by further proceedings. Therefore, the Criminal Original Petition is allowed. The F.I.R. in Crime No.252 of 2014 on the file of the Inspector of Police, Pudukkottai Police Station, Thoothukudi District, is quashed.