HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.3549 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.2342 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 4, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in S.C.No.37 of 2011 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Kavali, S.P.S.R. Nellore District, for the offences under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties have compromised the matter out of Court and in this regard Crl.M.P.No.3549 of 2011 is filed with a prayer to compound the offence. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the sessions case. The petitioners and the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein, who is no other than the brother of the deceased, are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, himself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he 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. This Court perused the record as well as the statements of the witnesses more particularly the statement of the defacto complainant. It is evident from the statements of the witnesses that the deceased committed suicide in her parents’ house and she left the matrimonial home one month prior to the date of the occurrence. It is also evident from the statements of the witnesses that the deceased was in a depressed mood since few days and, when asked, she informed about the harassment by her husband over phone on 6.5.2010 and that was the last call from the matrimonial home and that thereafter she committed suicide. Further, the prosecution should establish the fact that the deceased has no other alternative except to commit suicide. On a reading of the statements and also perusal of the records, admittedly the deceased was allowed to be in her parental home prior to her being committed suicide and there is nothing to suggest that the petitioners herein induced the deceased to commit suicide, and to proceed against the petitioners for the offence under Section 306 IPC as well as 498-A IPC. In the light of the above, this Court is of the view that continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioners would serve no purpose and by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the offence can be compounded. Accordingly, the Crl.M.P.No.3549 of 2011 is allowed and, consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in S.C.No.37 of 2011 on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Kavali, S.P.S.R. Nellore District, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 22nd March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.3549 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.2342 of 2011 (Allowed) 22nd March, 2011 CBS