HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.7460 of 2010 & 8076 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Criminal Petition No.7460 of 2010 is filed by the petitioner- accused No.4, with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.104 of 2010 of Women Police Station, Subedari, Warangal. Criminal Petition No.8076 of 2011 is filed by the petitioners- accused Nos.1 to 3, seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.397 of 2011 on the file of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate, PCR Cases at Warangal, in connection with the aforesaid crime, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Since the criminal petitions arose out of one and same crime and the parties to the proceedings are one and same, both the criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. When the matters are taken up for hearing, the 2nd respondent/de facto complainant is present before this Court and produced a copy of her voter identity card bearing No.IMM0099341, in proof of her identity. She filed an affidavit stating that in view of the settlement of the matter between herself and the petitioners, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners 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 provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioners can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the parties are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/-, towards costs, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.272 dated 12.09.2011. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner-accused No.4 in Crime No.104 of 2010 of Women Police Station, Subedari, Warangal and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3 in C.C.No.397 of 2011 on the file of Special Judicial First Class Magistrate, PCR Cases at Warangal, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The affidavits of the 2nd respondent filed into Court in both the petitions be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 12th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.7460 of 2010 & 8076 of 2011 (Allowed) 12th September, 2011 cbs