HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2394 of 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 5, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.14 of 2010 of the Officer In-charge, C.I.D., Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A, 506 IPC and Sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 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. Therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the crime. The 1st petitioner and the defacto complainant 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court and they produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The 2nd respondent stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners entered have compromised the matter amicably and she joined the company of the 1st petitioner and now they are leading a happy marital life and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. She also filed an affidavit praying the Court to record the compromise and to quash the proceedings in the crime. 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 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 by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in Crime No.14 of 2010 of the Officer In-charge, C.I.D., Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit filed by the defacto complainant be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 18th March, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2394 of 2011 (Allowed) 18th March, 2010 CBS