THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4718 OF 2009 and 621 OF 2011 DATED 25th JANUARY, 2011. BETWEEN : Smt.L.Padma Bhavani & others .. Petitioners-A.1 to A.5 and 1) Nunna Deepthi 2) The State of A.P. ..Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.4718 OF 2009 and 621 OF 2011 COMMON ORDER: These criminal petitions under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are filed by the petitioners-A.1 to A.5 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.49 of 2009 on the file of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kakinada, East Godavari District. Heard. The case of the prosecution is that on 22.11.2007 the marriage of the first respondent herein with A.1 was performed. At the time of marriage, at the demand of the accused, 4 acres of land, Rs.5 lakhs cash, 30 soveriegns of gold and two lakhs worth silver was given towards dowry apart from paying Rs.1 lakh towards adapaduchu lanchanams. Soon after the victim lady joined A.1, A.1 to A.3 confined her in their house, did not allow her to go out and started harassing her. Further, at the instigation of A.2 to A.5, A.1 used to beat the victim for additional dowry. Further, on 25.12.2007 A.1 and the victim went to Sanfansisco. A.4 also went there and harassed the victim. Further, accused also forced the victim to transfer the land in the name of A.2 and A.3. In the month of March, 2008, A.1 and victim returned to India and stayed in the house of A.5 where again victim was subjected to cruelty. Further, A.2 and A.3 went to the house of the parents of the victim and demanded additional dowry of Rs.5 lakhs. Hence, the complaint. Heard. Today, the de facto complainant is present before the Court and stated that at the intervention of elders and well-wishers, herself and accused entered into a compromise and she has no objection for quashing the further proceedings against the accused. Along with Crl.P.No.621 of 2011, petitioners filed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ narrating the mode of compromise. Even though the offences alleged against the petitioners are non-compoundable, in view of the fact that the parties have compromised the matter outside the Court, this Court is of the view that any continuation of the criminal proceedings will serve no purpose and in view of the guidelines laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court by exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the further proceedings against the petitioners-accused can be quashed by this Court. Therefore, Crl.P.Nos.4718 of 2009 and 621 of 2011 are allowed and the further proceedings against the petitioners-accused in C.C.No.49 of 2009 on the file of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kakinada, East Godavari, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in these Criminal Petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Dated : 25.01.2011 sur