THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL M.P.No.9823 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.5721 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/Accused 2 and 3 approached this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.570 of 2010 on the file of the II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada City, for an offence under Section 498-A IPC. Heard. Today, the petitioners and the de facto complainant are present before this Court. The de facto complainant filed a copy of her Pan card bearing No.BASPG7470D, in proof of her identity, and also an affidavit stating that at the intervention of elders and near relatives, herself and the petitioners decided to resolve all the disputes between them and, in pursuance thereof, she received an amount of Rs.3.00 lakhs towards full and final settlement including her maintenance and she has to withdraw the complaint given by her and she has no claim against the petitioners and she shall not raise any dispute against them in future and she has also relinquished all her rights in the movable and immovable properties pertaining to the petitioners herein. A petition in Crl.M.P.No.9823 of 2011, duly signed by both parties, is filed seeking permission of the Court to compromise the matter. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners 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 by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioners can be quashed. In view of compounding of the offence, the parties are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/-(Rupees five thousand only), towards costs before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly they paid the said amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.326 dated 22.09.2011. Accordingly, Crl.M.P.No.9823 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed quashing the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/Accused in C.C.No.570 of 2011 on the file of II Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vijayawada, and consequently they are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 23rd September 2011 Rns