HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9648 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.939 of 2006 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. When the matter came up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings. The 2nd respondent-de facto complainant is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent 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 them 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 proceedings 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.350 dated 28.09.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.939 of 2006 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9648 OF 2011 (Allowed) 28th September, 2011 cbs