HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.11391 & 11544 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Since parties to the proceedings are one and same and the point to be decided is also one and same, both the Criminal Petitions are being disposed of together by this common order. Crl.P.No.11391 of 2011 is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 and 2, under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.87 of 2009 on the file of the VII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 448, 506, 323, 363, 504 read with Section 34 of IPC. Crl.P.No.11544 of 2011 is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.406 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad, taken on file for the offence punishable under Section 498-A read with Section 34 of IPC. The de facto complainant in Crl.P.No.11391 of 2011 is husband of the de facto complainant in Crl.P.No.11544 of 2011. When the matters are taken up for hearing today, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the Criminal Petitions, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, both the parties compromised the matter out of Court and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners. The de facto complainants are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. They stated that on the advice of elders and well- wishers, they compromised the matter out of Court and therefore they intend to withdraw the criminal proceedings with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. They also filed affidavits 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, both the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.87 of 2009 on the file of the VII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad and in C.C.No.406 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad, are hereby quashed and, consequently, the petitioners are acquitted of the offences. The affidavits of the de facto complainants filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed along with the Criminal Petitions shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 22nd November, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.11391 & 11544 of 2011 (Allowed) 22nd November, 2011 cbs