THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.9852 & 10552 of 2010 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.6299 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Petitioners filed these criminal petitions with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.561 of 2010 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Court, Hyderabad, wherein they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 read with Section 34 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the General Power of Attorney holder of the defacto-complainant in these cases is present before this Court and he filed separate affidavits in each case before this court stating that due to intervention of the elders of both sides, his daughter, who is the defacto-complainant in these cases, has compromised the matter out of court and obtained a decree of divorce by filing a petition before the competent court, as such, prayed to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in C.C.No.561 of 2010 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Court, Hyderabad. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein, 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 criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners herein will serve no purpose. Therefore, in view of the guidelines laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court, the proceedings against the petitioners herein can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In view of compounding of the offence, 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 respective receipt Nos.137, 139 and 138 dated 10.08.2011. Accordingly, these criminal petitions are allowed quashing the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A-1 to A-7 in C.C.No.561 of 2010 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, City Criminal Court, Hyderabad. Miscellaneous petitions pending in these Criminal Petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 11.08.2011 v v