THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2281 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.801 of 2009 on the file of XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, L.B.Nagar, Cyberabad, wherein they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 315 and 506 of IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant submitted that both parties have compromised the matter out of Court. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the said C.C.No.801 of 2009. Today, the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant viz., Farah Begum and the petitioners are present before this Court. The defacto- complainant produced her identity card bearing No.APHYC010676 issued by the office of the Development Commissioner-Handicrafts (Ministry of Textiles), in proof of her identity, and the same is verified by the Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the accused have compromised the matter out of Court and thus prayed to quash the criminal proceedings in C.C.No.801 of 2009 pending against the petitioners. A Matrimonial Settlement Deed, duly signed by both parties, along with an affidavit of the defacto-complaint, requesting this Court to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners in the said C.C.No.801 of 2009, are filed before this Court. The defacto-complainant also filed a copy of the Receipt-cum-Acknowledgement, wherein she stated to have received an amount of Rs.2,10,000/- from the 1st petitioner herein, out of total settlement amount of Rs.2,23,000/-, and that she will be paid the balance amount of Rs.13,000/- at the time of withdrawal of cases from this Court. Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings against the petitioners, 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 continuation of criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners will serve no purpose, therefore, the proceedings against the petitioners-accused in C.C.No.801 of 2009 can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the further proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.801 of 2009 pending on the file of XIV Metropolitan Magistrate at L.B.Nagar, Cyberabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the defacto- complainant is made as part of this order. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 16.03.2011 v v