HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7199 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-defacto complainant, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against respondents 1 to 3 in C.C.No.857 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences under Sections 498-A of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and they entered into a Compromise-cum-Memorandum of Understanding on 10.08.2011 in terms of the compromise, and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The petitioner-defacto complainant is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The petitioner stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, herself and respondents 1 to 3 have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against them 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 the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Further, the petitioner and respondents 1 to 3 are directed to pay a sum of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees Three 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.176 dated 18.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against respondents 1 to 3 herein in C.C.No. 857 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Compromise-cum-Memorandum of Understanding dated 10.08.2011 filed into Court by both parties and the affidavit of the petitioner be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 18th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7199 OF 2011 (Allowed) 18th August, 2011 cbs