HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2790 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 initiated against them in C.C.No.904 of 2010 on the file of the XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences under Sections 498-A of IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and in terms of the compromise, they entered into a Matrimonial Settlement Deed on 22.3.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case. The 2nd respondent-defacto complainant is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She 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 them with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar case 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 the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority vide receipt No.128 dated 9.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.904 of 2010 on the file of the XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 22.3.2011 filed into Court by both parties and the affidavit of the 2nd respondent be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2790 OF 2011 (Allowed) 9th August, 2011 cbs