HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8242 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-defacto complainant, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against respondent Nos.1 to 5 herein in Crime No.127 of 2010 of W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323 of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, in terms of the compromise, they entered into a Matrimonial Settlement Deed on 5.9.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The petitioner and respondent Nos.1 to 5 are present before this Court. The petitioner 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 respondent Nos.1 to 5 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 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioner and respondent Nos.1 to 5 are directed to pay a sum of Rs.3,000/- (Rupees Three 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.273 dated 12.9.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.127 of 2010 of W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 5.9.2011 filed into Court by both parties be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 12th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8242 of 2011 (Allowed) 12th September, 2011 cbs