HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5512 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.23 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A r/w 34 IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard both sides. 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 calendar case. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent 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 settled 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. She also filed an affidavit praying the Court to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in 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.23 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th April, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5512 of 2010 (Allowed) 8th April, 2010 CBS