HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.8166 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.10412 of 2009 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.1081 of 2009 of P.S. Uppal, Cyberabad, registered for the offences under Sections 409-A, 403, 506, 509 of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and to that effect the 2nd respondent filed Crl.P.M.P.No.8166 of 2011 before this Court seeking permission to withdraw the complaint. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The 2nd respondent is present before this Court and stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised 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. 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 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 in the crime can be quashed. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.193 dated 23.8.2011. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.No.8166 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.1081 of 2009 of P.S. Uppal, Cyberabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.8166 of 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.10412 of 2009 (Allowed) 27th August, 2010 cbs