HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5770 of 2008 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.S.R.No.107 of 2008 on the file of the V Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kakinada, East Godavari District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 354 read with Section 34 of IPC and 3 and 4 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, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings. The de facto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, is present before this Court and 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 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. 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 invoking the inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the proceedings against the petitioners can be quashed by compounding the offence. Further, the parties are directed to pay a sum of Rs.5,000/- (Rupees Five thousand only) towards costs before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and, accordingly, they paid the amount before the said Authority. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.S.R.No.107 of 2008 on the file of the V Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kakinada, East Godavari District, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the 2nd respondent filed into Court be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 13th October, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.5770 of 2011 (Allowed) 13th October, 2011 cbs