HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12439 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.182 of 2010 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate at Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, taken on file for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, with the intervention of well wishers and elders, both the parties have settled the matter amicably and a Settlement Deed dated 27.11.2010 has also been executed to that effect, a copy of which is also filed into Court. Therefore, they prayed this Court to quash the proceedings in the C.C. 2nd petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She 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. She also filed an affidavit before this Court which runs as follows: “I am 2nd respondent herein and as such I am well acquainted with the facts of the case. The above said criminal petition is filed by the petitioners, who are my husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively, seeking quashing of the proceedings against them in C.C.No.182 of 2010 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate at Malkajgiri, Cyberabad. I am the defacto complainant in the above said C.C.No.182 of 2010 which has been registered against the petitioners for the offences under Section 498-A of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the D.P. Act. I have amicably settled all my disputes and differences with the petitioners and have entered into a Settlement Deed dated 27.11.2010 wherein and whereby I have agreed to withdrawn or get closed the said case vide C.C.No.182 of 2010. It is therefore humbly prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to allow the petition and quash the proceedings in C.C.No.182 of 2010 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate at Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, in the circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the C.C. 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 the proceedings in the C.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.182 of 2010 on the file of X Metropolitan Magistrate at Malkajgiri, Cyberabad, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 24th January, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12439 of 2010 (Allowed) 24th January, 2011 CBS