Shivram Modgil, v. Smt.Priya Maini,

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRL.P.M.P.No.11123 of 2015 & CRIMINAL PETITION No.14032 of 2013 ORDER:

The petitioners, who are A.2 and A.3 filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.289 of 2012 pending on the file of XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad for the offence under Sections 498-A, 406 IPC and Section 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

When the matter is taken up for hearing, counsel for the petitioners filed Crl.P.M.P.No.11123 of 2015 stating that they got compromised the dispute with the de facto complainant and therefore, they prayed to quash the proceedings and sought permission to dispense with their presence before this Court for the said purpose as they are aged and residing in Punjab state. Along with the said petition, the affidavit of the de facto complainant-Smt. Priya Maini is annexed, wherein she affirmed that she compromised the matter with the petitioners herein and not interested to prosecute the case. Hence, the Crl.P.M.P.No.11123 of 2015 is ordered. Today, the first respondent-de facto complainant is present before this Court and informed that she compromised the matter with the petitioners herein and not interested in prosecuting the matter. A perusal of the affidavit filed by the complainant goes to show that the matter was settled between the parties.

In view of the amicable settlement of the dispute between the parties and in view of the nature of the proceedings, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the impugned proceedings in C.C.No.289 of 2012 pending on the file of XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad are hereby quashed as against the petitioners herein.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed in this petition shall stand closed.

_________________ RAJA ELANGO,J 29.10.2015 Tsr