HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11917 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 in Crime No.324 of 2011 of P.S. Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 406, 506 of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 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 Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, to that effect, 1st petitioner and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, entered into a Divorce Settlement Deed on 08.09.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent 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 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 also filed an affidavit 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, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in Crime No.324 of 2011 of P.S. Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent and copy of the Divorce Settlement Deed dated 08.09.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 24th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.11917 of 2011 (Allowed) 24th November, 2011 cbs