HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10847 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.224 of 2010 of Women P.S. Charminar (S/Z), Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A, 406 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 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. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the crime. The petitioners and the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have resolved all their disputes and differences and are residing together 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. She also filed an affidavit praying the Court to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. 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 petitioners would serve no purpose and by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in crime No.224 of 2010 of Women P.S. Charminar (S/Z), Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 1st April, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10847 of 2010 (Allowed) 1st April, 2010 CBS