HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.8432 & 8433 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Criminal Petition No.8432 of 2011 is filed by the petitioner/defacto-complainant with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against respondent Nos. 1 to 5/Accused Nos.1 to 5 in C.C.No.73 of 2011 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, which arose out of Crime No.44 of 2010 of P.S.Santoshnagar, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Criminal Petition No.8433 of 2011 is filed by the petitioner/defacto-complainant seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against the respondents 1 to 5/Accused Nos.1 to 5 in C.C.No.335 of 2011 on the file of VII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, which arose out of Crime No.51 of 2010 of P.S.Santoshnagar, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Section 406 IPC. The parties in both the petitions are same and, hence, both the petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. Today, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent, who is also the General Power of Attorney holder of respondent Nos.1, 4 and 5, are present before this Court. The petitioner produced her passport, in proof of her identity. She stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, herself and the respondent Nos. 1 to 5 have compromised the matter out of Court and, therefore, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against them with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. To that effect, she filed an affidavit before this Court. The petitioner also filed before this Court a Memorandum of compromise-cum-Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 09.09.2011 duly signed by both parties, narrating the mode of compromise. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against respondent Nos. 1 to 5 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 provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against respondent Nos. 1 to 5 can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the parties are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/-, towards costs, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.287 dated 14.09.2011. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against respondent Nos.1 to 5 herein in C.C.No.73 of 2011 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, and C.C.No.335 of 2011 on the file of VII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, they are acquitted of the charges levelled against them. The affidavit of the petitioner and the Memorandum of Compromise-cum-Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 09.09.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in these Criminal Petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 14th September, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.8432 & 8433 of 2011 (Allowed) 14th September, 2011 cbs