HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.7062 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.6655 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 7, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.10 of 2011 of Women Police Station, Warangal, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A and 420 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 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 Crl.P.M.P.No.7062 of 2011 with a prayer to permit her to compound the offence. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the crime. The 1st respondent is present before this Court and produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. 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 continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner 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, the Crl.M.P.No.7062 of 2011 is allowed and, consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in Crime No.10 of 2011 of Women P.S., Warangal, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 5th August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.7062 of 2011 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.6655 of 2011 (Allowed) 5th August, 2011 cbs