HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13230 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-de facto complainant, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in P.R.C.No.14 of 2009 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Jangaon, Warangal District, wherein the respondents herein are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 313 of IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the accused in the aforesaid P.R.C. case. The petitioner-de facto complainant and the respondents 1 to 7 herein are present before this Court. The petitioner stated that herself and the respondents 1 to 7/A-1 to A-7 have compromised the matter out of Court and, therefore, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the respondents 1 to 7/Accused Nos.1 to 7 with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. In the affidavit filed by her, it is stated that in view of the settlement reached between her and the respondents, she is not interested to prosecute the proceedings in P.R.C.No.14 of 2009. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the respondents 1 to 7/A-1 to A-7 in the aforesaid P.R.C. case, 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 by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the respondents 1 to 7/A-1 to A-7 can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the respondents 1 to 7/A-1 to A-7 in P.R.C.No.14 of 2009 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Jangaon, Warangal District, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this criminal petition shall stand closed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 15th December, 2011 v v