HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1749 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C.No.449 of 2010 on the file of the V Addl. Sessions Judge at Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District, for the offences punishable under Sections 304-B, 201 r/w 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. The main grounds raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners are that no complaint was lodged by the defacto complainant soon after the incident and only after lapse of six months, he filed a private complaint before the Court concerned against the petitioners and the same was referred to the police and, after investigation, the police laid charge sheet against the petitioners and after committal it was numbered as Sessions Case. Further, the petitioners and the defacto complainant are present before this Court today and the defacto complainant filed an affidavit informing the Court that himself and the petitioners compromised the matter and thereby he intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the Sessions Case by compounding the offence. On perusal of the record, this Court is of the view that the offence punishable under Section 304-B IPC is not compoundable. But at the same time, taking into consideration the facts that no post-mortem was conducted and no complaint was lodged by the parents of the deceased immediately after the incident and after lapse of six months a private complaint was lodged and in the light of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that continuation of the proceedings in the Sessions Case would serve no purpose and hence the offence can be compounded by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in S.C.No.449 of 2010 on the file of the V Addl. Sessions Judge at Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 18th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1749 of 2011 (Allowed) 18th March, 2011 CBS