HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3403 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.413 of 2009 on the file of the II Addl. Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B.Nagar, R.R. District, taken on file for the offences under Sections 498-A, 406 of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the+ learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and to that effect they entered into a Memorandum of Compromise on 02.02.2011. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The 2nd respondent-defacto complainant 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, 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. 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 inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd 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.212 dated 25.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.413 of 2009 on the file of the II Addl. Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B.Nagar, R.R. District, are hereby quashed. The Memorandum of Compromise dated 02.02.2011 and the affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 26th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3403 OF 2011 (Allowed) 26th August, 2011 cbs