THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7729 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners/A-1 to A-4 filed this criminal Petition with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in S.C.No.269 of 2009 on the file of the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, wherein the petitioner No.1/A-1 is facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 376, 417, 498-A and 506 IPC, whereas the petitioner Nos.2 to 4/A-2 to A-4 are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 506 IPC. Heard. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, the 1st petitioner and the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent is identified by the learned counsel for the petitioners and she filed her affidavit along with material papers before this court stating that the matter is settled between the parties, as such, prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/A-1 to A-4 in S.C.No.269 of 2009 on the file of the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad. A perusal of the record prima facie discloses that when the defacto-complaint was major, she consented for intercourse with the 1st petitioner and subsequently she married the 1st petitioner. Thus, the entire reading of the charge sheet does not disclose the ingredients of Section 376 IPC and, as such, the proceedings against the 1st petitioner for the offence under Section 376 IPC are quashed. So far as the other offences under Sections 417, 498-A and 506 IPC, which are compoundable, the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant expressed her willingness to quash the proceedings against the petitioners for the said offences i.e., 417, 506 and 498-A IPC. In view of the above and in the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that continuation of criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners/A-1 to A-4 will serve no purpose. Therefore, in view of the guidelines laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court, the proceedings against the petitioners/A- 1 to A-4 can be quashed by this Court, by invoking inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In view of compounding of the offence, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/-, towards costs, before the A.P. Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.218 dated 27.08.2011. Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed quashing the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A-1 to A-4 in S.C.No.269 of 2009 on the file of the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition shall stand closed. ____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 27.08.2011 v v