THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2943 OF 2011 DATED 7th APRIL, 2011. BETWEEN : Mohd.Babar Sayeed Mumtaz & others .. Petitioners-A.1 to A.6 and The State of A.P. & another ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2943 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners-A.1 to A.6 approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.341 of 2010 on the file of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Sections 498A of Indian Penal Code and 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, complainant- second respondent is present before this Court and she has been identified by the counsel for the petitioners. She submitted that she entered into compromise with the petitioners herein at the intervention of the elders and an affidavit duly signed by her narrating the mode of compromise is also filed along with this Criminal Petition. Further, she reiterated that she has no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. This Court perused the entire material on record and also the affidavit of the complainant. Even though the offences alleged against the petitioners are non-compoundable in nature, in view of the fact that the parties have compromised the matter outside the Court, this Court is of the view that any continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no purpose and in view of the guidelines laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court by exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the further proceedings against the petitioners-accused can be quashed by this Court. Therefore, Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings against the petitioners-accused in C.C.No.341 of 2010 on the file of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 07.04.2011 sur