HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.Nos.13857, 13860 & 13863 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.12277, 12278 & 12280 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since parties to the proceedings are one and same, these three criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. Crl.P.No.12277 of 2011 is filed by petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.60 of 2011 of Rein Bazar P.S., Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Crl.P.No.12278 of 2011 is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1 with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in S.C.No.561 of 2011 on the file of the III Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 452, 354 & 506 of IPC. Crl.P.No.12280 of 2011 is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in S.C.No.541 of 2011 on the file of the I Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 307, 448, 427 read with Section 34 of IPC. 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 they also filed Crl.P.M.P.Nos.13857, 13860 & 13863 of 2011 with a prayer to compound the offences. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The de facto complainants are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. They stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, themselves and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore they intend 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. They also filed affidavits 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 can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, Crl.P.M.P.Nos.13857, 13860 & 13863 of 2011 and all the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.60 of 2011 of Rein Bazar P.S., Hyderabad, in S.C.No.561 of 2011 on the file of the III Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, and in S.C.No.541 of 2011 on the file of the I Addl. Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the offences. The affidavits of the de facto complainants 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 29th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.Nos.13857, 13860 & 13863 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.12277, 12278 & 12280 of 2011 (Allowed) 29th November, 2011 cbs