HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.2463 of 2011 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.8295 of 2008 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against him in Crime No.225 of 2008 of Kothagudem I Town P.S., Khammam District, registered for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the 1st respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties and to that effect the 2nd respondent filed Crl.P.M.P.No.2463 of 2011 with a prayer to compound the offence. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The petitioner and the 1st respondent are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. She stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner 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. 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 Crl.P.M.P.No.2463 of 2011 is allowed and consequently the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioner in Crime No.225 of 2008 of Kothagudem I Town P.S., Khammam District, are hereby quashed. The Memorandum of Understanding dated 14.03.2011 entered into between the parties be read as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 16th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.P.M.P.No.2463 of 2011 and CRIMINAL PETITION No.8295 of 2008 (Allowed) 16th March, 2011 CBS