HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6378 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-defacto complainant, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against respondents 1 to 5 in Crime No.554 of 2011 of P.S. Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, both the parties compromised the matter amicably and they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 08.07.2011 in terms of the compromise, and, therefore, he prayed to quash the proceedings in the crime. The petitioner-defacto complainant and the 1st respondent-accused No.1 are present before this Court and produced their identities and the same are verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. The petitioner stated that on the advice of elders and well-wishers, herself and respondents 1 to 5 have compromised the matter out of Court and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against them 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 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 the proceedings in the crime can be quashed by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against respondents 1 to 5 herein in Crime No.554 of 2011 of P.S. Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, are hereby quashed. The Memorandum of Understanding dated 08.07.2011 filed into Court by both parties be made as part of this order. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 2nd August, 2011 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6378 OF 2011 (Allowed) 2nd August, 2011 cbs