THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No: 4096 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., for quashing the proceedings in C.C.No.463 of 2010 on the file of XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506, 406 of IP and Section 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the petitioners and the de facto complainant are present before this Court. The de facto complainant filed a copy of her Identity Card issued by University of Hyderbad, in proof of her identity, and also an affidavit stating that at the intervention of elders and well wishers of both the parties, they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 06.01.2011 and as per the MoU, divorce was granted vide O.P.No.33 of 2010 on the file of Judge, Family Court, Secunderbad and as per the MoU, the articles were exchanged between the defacto complainant and the petitioners herein, and prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in view of the MoU. A copy of Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the petitioners and the de facto complainant is filed before this Court narrating the mode of compromise, which shall form part and parcel of the record. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners 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 provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioners can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed quashing the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/Accused in C.C.No.463 of 2010 on the file of XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. _________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 09th December, 2011 KSM