THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.873 of 2004 O R D E R: This Criminal Revision Case is filed against the judgment in Criminal Appeal No.503 of 2002, dated 10.05.2004 on the file of the V Additional District and Sessions Judge, Guntur, whereunder the learned Sessions Judge dismissed the appeal confirming the judgment dated 22.11.2002 passed in C.C.No.211 of 2001 by the learned V Additional Munsif Magistrate, Guntur, whereunder the petitioner herein-accused was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.500 /-, in default of payment of fine to suffer simple imprisonment for two months for the offence punishable under Section 498 A IPC. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner and the defacto-complainant entered into a compromise with a view to settle the issue amicably and to that affect the defacto-complainant filed an affidavit before this Court. Learned counsel submitted that in view of the compromise entered into between the parties, the Criminal Revision Case may be allowed, for which the learned Public Prosecutor reported no objection. The offence alleged against the petitioner is under Section 498 A IPC, and the same is compoundable. The affidavit filed by the defacto- complainant reads as under: “I submit that I am the defacto-complainant and the revision petitioner /1st accused is my husband. We begot one son and daughter. Disputes arose between myself and my husband and my husband deserted us about 17 years ago. I have given Ex.P.1 report dated 15.5.2001 to the police inter alia stating that my husband and my mother-in-law had been ill-treating us and my husband has illicit intimacy with the 3rd accused etc., After trial, my husband was convicted and my mother-in-law who is accused No.2 and Venkata Ramana who is accused No.3 were acquitted. Aggrieved by the judgments of the courts below, my husband preferred the aforementioned Criminal Revision Case. I submit that after giving Ex.P.1 report, I got filed O.S.No.15 of 2002, on the file of the Senior Civil Judge, Bapatla through my son and daughter for partition and separate possession of the joint family properties against the accused. I submit that we have compromised this matter and entered into compromise in O.S.No.15 of 2002 on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Bapatla. As per compromise, the accused shall deliver possession of Ac.1.50 cts to my daughter and Ac.2.50 cts to my son out of the plaint schedule properties towards their respective shares and I shall be paid Rs.25,000/- towards permanent alimony. Thus we have entered into amicable settlement of all the disputes. Hence this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to permit the offence to be compounded. I have no objection for the accused to be acquitted or discharged in the aforesaid Criminal Revision Case.” In view of the compromise entered into between the petitioner and the defacto-complainant and there being no objection by the learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the State, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed and the conviction recorded by the Courts below against the petitioner/accused is set aside. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 23rd June, 2010. PNV