HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11006 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.292 of 2008 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Khammam, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, in terms of compromise, they entered into a Mutual Agreement on 3.10.2011, and therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioner. The petitioner and the complainant, 1st respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 1st respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner 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 proceedings 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 criminal proceedings against the petitioner would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.292 of 2008 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Khammam, are hereby quashed. The copy of Mutual Agreement dated 03.10.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11006 of 2011 (Allowed) 9th November, 2011 cbs