HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.3313 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.2831 of 2010 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.3347 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3 filed the Criminal Petitions, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.171 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 420 IPC. Since the parties to the criminal petitions are one and the same and the dispute involved in the matters is also one and the same, both the criminal petitions are disposed of together by this common order. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties settled the matter out of Court and in this regard Crl.M.P.No.3313 of 2011 is filed with a prayer to compound the offence. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the calendar case. The 2nd respondent is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. She stated that herself and her husband accused No.1 have settled the matter out of Court and therefore she intends 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. She filed an affidavit before this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar 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 continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioners would serve no purpose and by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Crl.M.P.No.3313 of 2011 is allowed and, consequently, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.171 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th April, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.3313 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.2831 of 2010 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.3347 of 2011 (Allowed) 8th April, 2011 CBS