HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9468 of 2009 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.11270 of 2010 COMMON ORDER: Both the Criminal Petitions are filed by the petitioners, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Cr.SR.No.274 of 2007 in unnumbered Calender Case on the file of II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tanuku, West Godavari District, and C.C.No.575 of 2010 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tadepalligudem, taken on file for the offence punishable under Section 498-A read with Section 34 of IPC. Since the criminal petitions arose out of matrimonial disputes and the parties to the proceedings are one and same, both the criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. When the matters came up for hearing today, the 1st respondent in Crl.P.No.9468 of 2009, who is 2nd respondent in Crl.P.No.11270 of 2010, is present before this Court. She filed a common affidavit in both these petitions stating that herself and the petitioners have settled the matter out of Court and, in terms of compromise, they entered into a Joint Memorandum of Understanding on 23.11.2010. 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 by compounding the offence. Further, the parties are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/-, towards costs, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.274 dated 12.09.2011. Accordingly, both these Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Cr.SR.No.274 of 2007 in unnumbered Calender Case on the file of II Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tanuku, West Godavari District, and C.C.No.575 of 2010 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tadepalligudem, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charge levelled against them. The common affidavit of the de facto complainant and the Joint Memorandum of Understanding dated 23.11.2010 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 12th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9468 of 2009 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.11270 of 2010 (Allowed) 12th September, 2011 cbs