THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2027 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.353 of 2010 on the file of the Women Police Station, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 1st respondent-complainant submitted that during pendency of this Criminal Petition, both parties have compromised the matter out of Court. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the said Crime No.353 of 2010. Today, the 1st respondent-complainant viz., Irfana Fatima and the petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 are present before this Court. The complainant filed her voter identity card bearing No.TZT0197178, in proof of her identity, and the same is verified by the Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders, herself and the accused have compromised the matter out of Court and thus prayed to quash the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. A Memorandum of Compromise Petition, duly signed by both parties, along with an affidavit of the complaint seeking to record the Memorandum of Compromise and to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in the said Crime No.353 of 2010 are filed into this Court. A copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, narrating the mode of compromise, is also filed into this Court. Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the crime registered 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 continuation of criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners will serve no purpose, therefore, in view of the guidelines laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court, the further proceedings against the petitioners-accused in the present crime registered against them can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.353 of 2010 of Women Police Station, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the complainant is made as part of this order. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 11.03.2011 v v