HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4965, 10883, 12997 of 2010 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.8398 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since the parties to the proceedings are one and same, all these three criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. The petitioners filed all the Criminal Petitions, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.37 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Mahila Court), Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506, 406 read with Section 34 of IPC and Sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and in Crime No.319 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Asifnagar, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 324 and 506 of IPC. When the matters came up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, that during pendency of the criminal petitions, the matters are settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, in terms of compromise, they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding-cum-Settlement Deed on 24.01.2011, and, therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings. The 2nd respondent is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. She filed affidavits in all the petitions stating that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have settled 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. 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/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.281 dated 13.09.2011. Accordingly, all these three Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.37 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Mahila Court), Hyderabad, and in Crime No.319 of 2010 on the file of P.S. Asifnagar, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The affidavits of the 2nd respondent filed in all the petitions and copy of the Memorandum of Understanding-cum-Settlement Deed dated 24.01.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 14th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4965, 10883, 12997 of 2010 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.8398 of 2011 (Allowed) 14th September, 2011 cbs