HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13475 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.136 of 2010 of P.S. Tripuraram, Nalgonda District, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 4 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 now the 1st petitioner and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are living together, 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 now herself and the 1st petitioner are living together 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. 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 can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.136 of 2010 of P.S. Tripuraram, Nalgonda District, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the Criminal Petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13475 of 2010 (Allowed) 9th November, 2011 cbs