HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2725 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 7, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.187 of 2010 on the file of the V Addl. First Class Magistrate, Warangal, taken on file for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and to that effect they filed an Agreement/Compromise Deed dated 20.03.2011 before the Court. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the calendar case. The defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She 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 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 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 calendar case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.187 of 2010 on the file of the V Addl. First Class Magistrate, Warangal, are hereby quashed. The Agreement/Compromise Deed dated 20.03.2011 filed by both the parties 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 25th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2725 of 2011 (Allowed) 25th March, 2011 CBS