HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7403 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in crime No.256 of 2010 of Pahadisharief P.S., Cyberabad, registered for the offence under Section 498-A of IPC. Heard. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and in terms of the compromise, both the parties entered into a Matrimonial Settlement Deed on 16.07.2011 and, therefore, he prays to quash the proceedings in the crime. The 2nd respondent-defacto complainant and some of the petitioners are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent 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 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 crime 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 crime can be quashed. Further, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five 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.196 dated 23.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein crime No.256 of 2010 of Pahadisharief P.S., Cyberabad, are hereby quashed. The Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 16.07.2011 filed into Court by both parties be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 23rd August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7403 OF 2011 (Allowed) 23rd August, 2010 cbs