HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.1181 OF 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.1173 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.260 of 2010 of W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad, registered for the offence under Section 498-A IPC. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant compromised the matter amicably and to that effect they filed Crl.P.M.P.No.1181 of 2011 before this Court with a prayer to record the compromise and to quash the proceedings in the crime. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She 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. She also filed an affidavit before the Court which runs as follows: “I am respondent No.2 herein, as such, I am acquainted with the facts of the case. I have filed a complaint against the petitioner and his family members vide Crime No.260 of 2010 of W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad. The matter was amicably resolved between me and the petitioner. We both are staying together since five months and I received all my Jahez articles and also gold ornaments. As we both are residing together and no disturbances in our matrimonial life, we decided to close the case pending before W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad, as the matter is non- compoundable. I therefore pray this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to consider the compromise and quash the crime No.260 of 2010 of W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad, in the interest of justice and equity and pass such other order or others as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” 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 the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.1181 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition No.1173 of 2011 are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in Crime No.260 of 2010 of W.P.S. South Zone, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.1181 OF 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.1173 OF 2011 (Allowed) 9th February, 2011 CBS