HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7387 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/A-2 to A-5 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in DVC.No.52 of 2011 on the file of the Court of I Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Heard. Today, the petitioners and the de facto complainant are present before this Court. The de facto complainant produced a copy of the acknowledgement of Aadhaar Card, in proof of her identity. She stated that the matter has been compromised and, as such, she is not interested in pursuing the present complaint. To that effect, she filed a copy of Matrimonial Settlement Deed duly signed by herself and her husband. 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. In view of compounding of the offence, the parties are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/-, in total, towards costs in the present Criminal Petition and Criminal Petition Nos.2999 and 4723 of 2011, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.382 dated 11.10.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in DVC.No.52 of 2011 on the file of the Court of I Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 11.10.2011 v v