HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1649 OF 2011 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.329 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of FirstClass, Narayanapet, taken on file for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter is compromised between the parties amicably. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The 1st 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 the Court which runs as follows: “I am the defacto complainant and respondent herein and as such I am well acquainted with the facts stated hereafter. I submit that on my complaint a case is registered and pending against the petitioners/accused for the offences u/s 498-A UPC and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, vide C.C.No.329/2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narayanapet. I further submit that at the instance of the elders myself and the petitioners/A.1 to A.10 have settled our differences amicably and entered into a compromise. Terms of compromise may be read as part and parcel of this affidavit. I further submit that in view of the compromise entered by me, I pray this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to record compromise and quash the proceedings i.e. charge sheet against the respondents/A.1to A.10 in C.C.No.329/2009 now pending on the file of the Hon’ble Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Narayanapet, Mahabubnagar District and pass such other order or orders which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar case 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 in the calendar case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.329 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of FirstClass, Narayanapet,, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1649 OF 2011 (Allowed) 28th February, 2011 CBS