HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8925 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in F.I.R.No.297 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Neredmet, Cyberabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of IPC. When the matter came up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the de facto complainant, 1st respondent herein, that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and, in terms of compromise, they entered into a Memorandum of Compromise. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings. The 1st respondent is present before this Court and 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, she and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and she has received Rs.15,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen lakhs only) towards permanent alimony from the petitioner and, therefore, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner 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 crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioner and the 1st respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.364, dated 29.09.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in F.I.R.No.297 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Neredmet, Cyberabad, are hereby quashed. The Memorandum of Compromise filed into Court by both parties be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 29th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8925 OF 2011 (Allowed) 29th September, 2011 cbs