HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.11469 & 11470 of 2011 ORDER: Since parties to the proceedings are one and same, both the Criminal Petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. These two Criminal Petitions are filed by the petitioners- accused, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.258 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 506 of IPC and 3, 4 and 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and in Crime No.656 of 2011 of P.S. Sanjeevreddy Nagar, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354 and 506 of IPC. When the matters are taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petitions, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, to that effect, they entered into a Khul Divorce-cum-Settlement on 28.10.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The petitioners and the de facto complainants, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The de facto complainants stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, themselves and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore they intend 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. They also filed affidavits narrating the compromise. 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 petitioners would serve no purpose and invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.258 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, and in Crime No.656 of 2011 of P.S. Sanjeevreddy Nagar, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the offences. The affidavits of the de facto complainants and copy of Khul Divorce-cum-Settlement dated 28.10.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the Criminal Petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 17th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.11469 & 11470 of 2011 (Allowed) 17th November, 2011 cbs