HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.9198 and 9199 OF 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since both the Criminal Petitions arise out of same offence and parties to the proceedings are one and the same, both the Criminal Petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. The de facto complainant, petitioner herein, filed the criminal petitions, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.335 of 2005 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 of IPC, and in C.C.No.262 of 2006 on the file of the said Court, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 406, 506 read with Section 34 of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. When the matters came up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and, in terms of compromise, they entered into a Matrimonial Settlement Deed on 23.09.2011. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings. The petitioner is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She filed affidavits before the Court narrating the compromise and, therefore, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the respondents-accused 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 proceedings 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the calendar cases can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioner and the respondents-accused are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) in each petition towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt Nos.339 and 340, dated 28.09.2011. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the respondents-accused herein in C.C.No.335 of 2005 and in C.C.No.262 of 2006 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the respondents-accused are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The affidavits of the petitioner filed in both the criminal petitions and copy of the Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 23.09.2011 filed before the Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.9198 and 9199 OF 2011 (Allowed) 28th September, 2011 cbs