HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.12451 & 13813 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since parties to the proceedings are one and same, both the criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. Petitioners-accused Nos.2 to 4 filed Crl.P.No.12451 of 2011 and petitioner-accused No.1 filed Crl.P.Nos.13813 of 2011, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.76 of 2011 on the file of the III Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajahmundry, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A read with 34 of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petitions, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The petitioners and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, the matter is settled 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. She also filed an affidavit narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings 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 the criminal proceedings against the petitioners would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.76 of 2011 on the file of the III Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rajahmundry are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the offences. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th December, 2012 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.12451 and 13813 of 2011 (Allowed) 28th December, 2012 cbs