THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRL.PETITION NO.13718 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 On the basis of a report given by the 2nd respondent herein by name Smt. M. Kalyani, the Station House Officer, Alwal P.S. registered a case in Cr.No.645 of 2010 against the petitioners herein for the offence punishable under section 498-A and 307 of IPC and under sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2 During the pendency of the said proceedings, it appears, at the intervention of elders on both sides, there was a settlement arrived at between the parties and as per the said settlement, the 2nd respondent and her husband i.e. the first petitioner herein decided to live together. In the light of the said compromise arrived at between them, the parties filed the present petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C. requesting this court to quash the said proceedings. 3 Parties are present before the court today. When questioned, the 2nd respondent Smt. Kalyani stated that she is not interested in getting the matter prosecuted and she further submitted that she and the 1st petitioner are living together and hence the said proceedings pending against the petitioners may be quashed. 4 Though the offence punishable under section 307 of IPC is non-compoundable, as the de facto complainant herself expressed her willingness before the court to get the offence compounded and inasmuch as both husband and wife are living together, this court is of the view that the said proceedings can be quashed. 5 Accordingly, this Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Cr.No.645 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Alwal P.S. registered against the petitioners herein for the offence punishable under section 498-A and 307 of IPC and under sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act are hereby quashed. _____________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 21st December 2010 Kvsn