HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8216 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C.No.438 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences under Sections 498-A and 323 of IPC. Heard. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the calendar case against the petitioner. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant 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 petitioner have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner 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 by invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioner in the calendar case can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.2,000/- (Rupees Two 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.278, dated 09.09.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner herein in C.C.No.438 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed, and consequently, the petitioner is acquitted of the charges levelled against him. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 9th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8216 of 2011 (Allowed) 9th September, 2011 cbs