HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7682 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 5, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.55 of 2009 of Prakasam Nagar Police Station, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 420 r/w Section 34 IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter was compromised out of Court between the parties and to that effect both the parties filed a compromise memo before the Court. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid Crime. The petitioners and the 1st respondent-defacto complainant are present before the Court. The 1st respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that at the intervention of elders, herself and the petitioners have resolved the dispute between them amicably and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. She also filed an affidavit before the Court, which runs as follows: “I am the defacto complainant and 1st respondent herein. I filed a complaint on 25.06.2009 before the Prakasamnagar Police Station, Rajahmundry, against the petitioners herein. The 2nd respondent registered Crime No.55 of 2009 against the petitioners herein for the offences under Sections 498-A and 420 IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. At the intervention of the elders of our community, myself and the petitioners have resolved the issue amicably and settled the dispute between both the parties. This prompted the petitioners herein to file the present petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for recording the said compromise and compounding the offence. As the offence is compoundable, I pray this Court to record the compromise and compound the offence. I am, with my free will and consent, coming forward for compounding this offence without any coercion or force from anyone.” 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 view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the Crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.55 of 2009 of Prakasam Nagar Police Station, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 12th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7682 OF 2010 (Allowed) 12th August, 2010 CBS