HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.7347 OF 2010 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.7006 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.318 of 2009 on the file of the II Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nellore, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 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 Crl.P.M.P.No.7347 of 2010 is filed before this Court seeking permission to compound the offence and to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid C.C. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court and they produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent stated that herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners before the Court with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. She also stated that in this connection, she filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “The I Town (L & O) P.S., Nellore, registered a case in Crime No.45 of 2009 against the petitioners on 28.03.2009 for the offence under Section 498-A of IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. This crime was registered by the police basing on the complaint given by me. My marriage with petitioner No.1 herein was performed on 09.05.2007. After some time of our marriage, differences arose between myself and my husband and his family. Pursuant to that, I lodged the above complaint for the above said offences against the petitioners herein. The 1st petitioner also filed F.C.O.P.No.45 of 2010 (renumbered after transfer from the Family Court, Hyderabad, to Ongole Court) seeking dissolution of marriage, wherein I filed counter giving consent for granting of divorce. After lodging of above complaint by me and above divorce O.P. by my husband, mediations took place between myself and my husband in the presence of friends and relatives. After those mediations, we came to the conclusion that no longer we can live together by leading happy marital life. Hence, both of us decided to live separately by parting our marital life. In those circumstances, both of us mutually agreed to settle all our disputes and entered into compromise. Pursuant to this compromise, we agreed to compound the above offences registered in Cr.No.45 of 2009 on the file of I Town (L & O) P.S., Nellore. Subsequently, the same was numbered as C.C.No.318 of 2009 on the file of the II Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nellore. By this compromise, we sorted out all our differences with regard to maintenance and other things. In view of this, I further submit that I will not claim any maintenance in future and I am also relinquishing all my rights from the petitioner No.1 herein accrued by way of marriage.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings in the C.C. inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In the light of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the C.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.7347 of 2010 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.318 of 2009 on the file of the II Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Nellore, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 3rd August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.7347 OF 2010 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.7006 OF 2010 (Allowed) 3rd August, 2010 CBS