HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2462 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.513 of 2010 of W.P.S., C.C.S., Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A, 420 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the crime. The 1st petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter and they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding-cum-Agreement on 18.03.2011 in terms of the compromise and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. She also filed an affidavit praying the Court to quash the proceedings in the crime. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the crime 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 by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.513 of 2010 of W.P.S., C.C.S., Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Memorandum of Understanding-cum-Agreement and the affidavit filed by the 2nd respondent be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 18th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2462 of 2011 (Allowed) 18th March, 2010 CBS