HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.8717 and 8718 of 2010 COMMON ORDER: Since the parties to both the criminal petitions and the dispute arose between the parties are one and the same, they are being disposed of together by this common order. Crl.P.No.8717 of 2010 is filed by the husband and his family members seeking to quash C.C.No.173 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, in respect of Crime No.552 of 2009 of P.S. WPS CCS, Hyderabad, registered basing on the complaint filed by the wife. Crl.P.No.8718 of 2010 is filed by the husband and his mother seeking to quash D.V.C.No.11 of 2010 on the file of the IV Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, filed by the wife. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petitions, the matter was settled out of Court amicably between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid C.C. and D.V.C. The wife-1st respondent herein, and her husband, 1st petitioner herein, are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The 1st respondent- wife stated that upon the advice of the elders and well-wishers, herself and her husband have compromised the matter amicably and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against her husband and his family members before the Court with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. She stated that in terms of the compromise, they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 22.08.2010. She also filed affidavits in both the criminal petitions which runs as follows: “I am defacto complainant in the above cases and first respondent in the quash petitions filed by my husband and others, as such I am well acquainted with the facts of the cases. I do not intend to proceed against the petitioners in the cases. With the intervention of elders all the issues have been settled and we have entered into a separate Memorandum of Understanding for payment of permanent alimony and we have also agreed for taking mutual consent divorce. I am not under any force, coercion to withdraw my complaints against the petitioners. I therefore pray that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the above cases.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the C.C. and D.V.C. inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the C.C. and D.V.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and C.C.No.173 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad and D.V.C.No.11 of 2010 on the file of the IV Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 27th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.Nos.8717 and 8718 of 2010 (Allowed) 27th August, 2010 CBS