HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.7120 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.6881 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6 and 8, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in P.R.C.No.55 of 2010 on the file of the XVII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 354, 420 r/w 34 IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 1st respondent-defacto complainant 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.7120 of 2011 is filed before this Court seeking permission to compound the offence. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the P.R.C. The 1st respondent 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 P.R.C. 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioners and the 1st 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.125 dated 9.8.2011. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.No.7120 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in P.R.C.No.55 of 2010 on the file of the XVII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.7120 OF 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.6881 OF 2011 (Allowed) 9th August, 2010 cbs