HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1742 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 8, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.688 of 2008 on the file of the VIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, taken on file for the offences under Sections 406, 420, 498 r/w 120-B IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the 2nd respondent-defacto complainant that during pendency of the Criminal Petition, at the intervention of elders and well wishers, the matter was compromised between the parties. Therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings against the petitioners in the calendar case. The petitioners 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 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. She also filed an affidavit before the Court which runs as follows: “I am the 2nd respondent in the main criminal petition, as such I am well acquainted with the facts of the case. I lodged a complaint against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 8 before the Police, Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, for the offence u/s 406, 420, 498-A of IPC r/w 120-B IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of D.P.Act and basing on the above complaint a case was registered by the police, Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, in Cr.No.836/2008 against the petitioners and subsequently after investigation the police, Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, filed the charge sheet against the petitioners and the same as numbered as C.C.No.688/2008 which is pending on the file of Hon’ble VII M.M., Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District. During the pendency of the case, due to the efforts of elders and well wishers, myself and the petitioners agreed for compromise and withdrawal of the complaint and entered into compromise and executed a Memorandum of Understanding dated 07.02.2011. It is respectfully submitted that in view of the compromise, I do not want to proceed with the criminal case in C.C.No.688/2008 which is pending on the file of Hon’ble VIII M.M., Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, pending against the petitioners herein. Therefore, I may be permitted to withdraw the criminal case in C.C.No. 688/2008 which is pending on the file of Hon’ble VIII M.M., Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District. For the reasons stated above, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to permit the respondent No.2 to compromise the case in C.C.No. 688/2008 which is pending on the file of Hon’ble VIII M.M., Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, and quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 8 and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the calendar case 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 by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C. the proceedings in the calendar case can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.688 of 2008 on the file of the VIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Rajendranagar, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District, are hereby quashed. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 25th February, 2011 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.1742 OF 2011 (Allowed) 25th February, 2011 CBS