HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2044 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 5, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.132 of 2010 of Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 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, the matter was compromised between the parties. Therefore, he prayed to quash the crime. The petitioners and the 1st respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. The 1st 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 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. She filed an affidavit before the Court which runs as follows: “I am the 1st respondent herein, as such, I am fully acquainted with the facts of the case. I submit that due to differences between us, I filed a complaint in Crime No.132 of 2010 before Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad against the petitioners herein for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. On the intervention of elders, we have compromised the matter. I have agreed to withdraw the case and has further agreed to appear before the High Court to record the compromise and to quash the FIR No.132 of 2010 of Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad. For the reasons stated above, I pray that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to record the compromise and quash the case in Crime No.132 of 2010 of Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad, and pass such other order or orders.” 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 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.132 of 2010 of Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 8th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2044 OF 2011 (Allowed) 8th March, 2011 CBS