HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10844 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 4, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.61 of 2011 of P.S. Balkonda, Nizamabad District, registered for the offence punishable under Section 498-A of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The 1st petitioner and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court and they produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. 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 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 before the Court narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the crime 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 proceedings against the petitioners would serve no purpose and by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.61 of 2011 of P.S. Balkonda, Nizamabad District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 4th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10844 of 2011 (Allowed) 4th November, 2011 cbs