HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.15969 OF 2011 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.13952 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/A-1 to A-4, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.492 of 2007 on the file of the II Additional Munsif Magistrate, Ongole, wherein they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the defacto complainant-1st respondent herein 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 in this regard, the 1st respondent filed her affidavit along with petition being Crl.P.M.P.No.15969 of 2011 with a prayer to permit her to compound the offences with the accused. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the aforesaid C.C. The petitioners and the 1st respondent are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that at the instance of elders and well wishers of both parties, she has settled all her disputes with the accused and pursuant to the compromise arrived at between both of them, a memorandum of understanding was entered into on 22.12.2011. She also stated that in view of the compromise, her husband agreed to give her Rs.12,00,000/- towards permanent alimony and as such she is not interested in pursuing the matter and the proceedings against the accused may be quashed. To this effect, she filed an affidavit before this Court. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings in the said C.C., 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 aforesaid C.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Crl.P.M.P.15969 of 2011 and the Criminal Petition are allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.492 of 2007 on the file of the III Additional Munsif Magistrate, Ongole, are hereby quashed. ______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th December, 2011 cbs