HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.8173 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.4234 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-respondents 2 and 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in D.V.C.No.11 of 2010 on the file of the VI Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal, Ranga Reddy District. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and to that effect the 2nd respondent filed Crl.P.M.P.No.8173 of 2011 before this Court seeking permission to withdraw the complaint. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the domestic violence case. The 2nd respondent is present before this Court and stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the domestic violence case inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the domestic violence case can be quashed. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.192 dated 23.8.2011. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.No.8173 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in D.V.C.No.11 of 2010 on the file of the VI Metropolitan Magistrate, Medchal, Ranga Reddy District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.8173 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.4234 of 2010 (Allowed) 27th August, 2010 cbs