THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.12750 of 2010 and Crl.P.M.P.No.2160 of 2011 ORDER: The 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.318 of 2005 on the file of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for PCR Cases, Warangal, wherein they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the 2nd respondent-complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the said C.C.No.318 of 2005. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent-complainant are present before this Court. The complainant produced her Voter Identity Card and Permanent Account Number Card, in proof of her identity, and the same are verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders, herself and the accused have compromised the matter out of Court and thus prayed to quash the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. She filed Crl.P.M.P.No.2160 of 2011, seeking to record compromise, and the same is duly signed by both parties. Along with the said Crl.M.P.No.2160 of 2011, both the parties also filed a joint affidavit before the Court, narrating the mode of compromise, and the same is placed on record. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the crime inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. Even though the offences alleged against the petitioners are non-compoundable, in the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that continuation of the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners will serve no purpose and in view of the guidelines laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court, the further proceedings against the petitioners-accused in the criminal case can be quashed by this Court by exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, Crl.P.M.P.No.2160 of 2011 is allowed and consequently, the Criminal Petition is also allowed and the further proceedings initiated against the petitioners-accused in C.C.No.318 of 2005 on the file of the Special Judicial First Class Magistrate for PCR Cases, Warangal, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this Criminal Petition, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 09.03.2011 v v