THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.M.P.No.6951 of 2011 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.6745 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Criminal Petition No.6745 of 2011 is filed by the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.390 of 2010 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, wherein they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 420 and 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the 1st petitioner and the 1st respondent/defacto-complainant are present before this Court. The defacto-complaint filed copies of her driving licence and Permanent Account No. AAJPF 1867F, in proof of her identity, and she stated that she compromised the matter with the petitioners/accused and thus prayed to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/accused in C.C.No.390 of 2010 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Crl.M.P.No.6951 of 2011 is filed duly signed by both parties, for compounding the offence. Along with the said miscellaneous petition, the defacto-complainant filed her affidavit stating that both parties have settled their disputes amicably and that they entered into a settlement deed on 02.08.2011, as such, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/accused in C.C.No.390 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, 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 continuation of criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners/accused will serve no purpose. Therefore, in view of the guidelines laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court, the proceedings against the petitioners/accused can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, Crl.P.M.P.No.6951 of 2011 is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 4 in C.C.No.390 of 2010 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed, and consequently the Criminal Petition is also allowed. Miscellaneous petitions pending in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 05.08.2011 v v