HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5137 & 12456 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since parties to the proceedings are one and same, both the criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. Petitioners-accused filed the criminal petitions, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.20 of 2011 of Mahila P.S., Anantapur District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 315, 324 read with Section 34 of IPC. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petitions, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. Petitioner-accused No.1 and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and now she and her husband, accused No.1, are living together happily 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 and her husband filed a joint affidavit before the Court narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings 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 invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.20 of 2011 of Mahila P.S., Ananatapur District, are hereby quashed. The joint affidavit of the 2nd respondent and her husband-accused No.1 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 1st December, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.5137 & 12456 of 2011 (Allowed) 1st December, 2011 cbs