HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13033 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.746 of 2011 on the file of the XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 420 of IPC and 4 and 5 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, 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 and, and to that effect, they entered into a Marital Settlement Agreement on 22.02.2011 and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. Petitioner Nos.2 to 4 and the de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent 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 petitioner 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 narrating the compromise. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the proceedings 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 invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings can be quashed by compounding the offence. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.746 of 2010 on the file of the XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the offences. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent and copy of Marital Settlement Agreement dated 22.02.2011 filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 14th December, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.13033 of 2011 (Allowed) 14th December, 2011 cbs