HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1485 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 4, under Sections 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the order dated 23.3.2011 passed by the III Addl. Sessions Judge, Guntur, in C.F.R.No.333 of 2011 in Crl.A.No.501 of 2010. Being aggrieved by the conviction and sentence recorded by the IV Addl. Assistant Sessions Judge, Guntur, against them, in Sessions Case No.162 of 2010, vide judgment dated 29.11.2010, for the offence under Section 307 r/w 34 IPC, the petitioners herein preferred Crl.A.No.501 of 2010 on the file of the III Addl. Sessions Judge, Guntur. During pendency of the appeal, both parties filed C.F.R.No.333 of 2011 with a prayer to permit the 2nd respondent herein to compound the offence with the petitioners, as the matter was settled out of Court amicably, but the said petition was dismissed by an order dated 23.3.2011. The same is under challenge in this revision. The main grievance of the petitioners is that both the parties filed a petition before the appellate Court stating that the matter was compromised between the parties and praying to permit them to compound the offence, but the said petition was dismissed on the ground that the offence is not compoundable. This Court heard arguments and perused the record as well as the affidavit filed by the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant. It is true, the offence punishable under Section 307 IPC is non- compoundable, but at the same time, the Apex Court held in a number of decisions that when an offence arising out of matrimonial dispute and the parties are closely related as husband and wife, the offence can be compounded. In view of the above, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are hereby directed to file a fresh application before the III Addl. Sessions Judge, Guntur, with a prayer to compound the offence, and on filing of such application, the learned Sessions Judge shall consider the same and allow the parties to compound the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of and the miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. _____________ RAJA ELANGO, J 19th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Criminal Revision Case No.l485 of 2011 (Disposed of) 19th August, 2011 cbs