HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11213 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.121 of 2011 on the file of the XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 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 petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, in terms of compromise, they entered into an Agreement of Compromise on 20.10.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The 2nd respondent - de facto complainant and the petitioners are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent 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 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 criminal proceedings would serve no purpose and by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.121 of 2011 on the file of the XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed, and consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against him. Copy of the Agreement of Compromise dated 20.10.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 3rd November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11213 of 2011 (Allowed) 3rd November, 2011 cbs