HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8039 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.396 of 2010 on the file of the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Miyapur taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case against the petitioners. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, himself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore he 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. He further stated that his daughter, wife of the 1st petitioner, filed an affidavit before this Court stating that the matter has been settled out of Court amicably and she has no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners 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 by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioners in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. 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.282 dated 13.09.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.396 of 2010 on the file of the IX Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Miyapur are hereby quashed, and consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent’s daughter, wife of the 1st petitioner, filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 13th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8039 of 2011 (Allowed) 13th September, 2011 cbs