HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8353 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioner-accused No.1, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash Crime No.128 of 2009 of W.P.S. P.S., South Zone, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter was settled out of Court amicably between the parties and the petitioner and the defacto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, are residing together and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid Crime. The petitioner and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that upon the advice of the elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioner have compromised the matter amicably and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner and other accused. She filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “The Police, W.P.S. South Zone had registered a case against the accused Nos.1 to 7 under Section 498-A IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act vide Crime No.128 of 2009 on the complaint given by the defacto complainant Smt.Farheen @ Salma wife of Accused No.1. During pendency of the case, accused No.1 was arrested and remanded to judicial custody, but on the intervention of family elders and well wishers, the matter was settled amicably between the parties and in terms of the compromise and settlement, both the accused No.1 and the defacto complainant resolved all their disputes and differences and in view of the said compromise and settlement, the defacto complainant did not want to proceed ahead with the case and wants to withdraw the criminal case registered against accused No.1 and petitioner Nos.1 to 6/accused Nos.2 to 7 in Crime No.128 of 2009 of P.S. W.P.S., South Zone, as such, the same may be quashed in terms of compromise.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the Crime 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 Crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and Crime No.128 of 2009 of W.P.S. P.S., South Zone, Hyderabad, in so far as all the accused are concerned, is hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 23rd August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8353 OF 2010 (Allowed) 23rd August, 2010 CBS