HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.12204 and 12205 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since parties to the proceedings are one and same, both the criminal petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. Both the criminal petitions are filed, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.52 of 2010 on the file of the V Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Warangal taken on file for the offence punishable under Section 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and C.C.No.33 of 2010 on the file of the said Court taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 3 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, to that effect, they entered into a Settlement Deed on 20.08.2011. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The de facto complainants are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. They stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, themselves and the petitioners have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore they intend 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. They also filed an affidavit narrating the compromise. 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 in the crime can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings in C.C.Nos.52 of 2010 and 33 of 2010 on the file of the V Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class at Warangal, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the offences. The affidavits of the defacto complainants and copy of Settlement Deed dated 20.08.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 28th November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.12204 & 12205 of 2011 (Allowed) 28th November, 2011 cbs