Syed Arshad Subhan, v. The State-Of Telangana,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Crl.M.P.No.7072 of 2016 & Criminal Petition No.6054 of 2016 ORDER:

The above Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/A-1 to A-6 under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.179 of 2016 of Santhosh Nagar, Hyderabad registered for the offences punishable under Section 498 A and Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioners are alleged to have committed the offences punishable under 498 A and Section 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

When this matter has been taken up, the petitioners and the second respondent-de facto complainant, who appeared before this Court, submitted through their Counsel that due to intervention of elders, they entered into compromise and therefore, the proceedings in the above crime may be quashed. The second respondent-de facto complainant filed an affidavit to that effect. Both the parties filed a joint memo of compromise also. In view of the compromise arrived at between the parties, the continuation of proceedings against the petitioners-A-1 to A-6 would be the exercise in futility. In a case of this nature, the Courts would be justified in invoking its inherent jurisdiction, and the technicalities should not be allowed to stand in the way of Courts' power to quash the criminal proceedings even in the case of non-compoundable offences.

In the above circumstances and in view of the compromise, this Court feels that it is just and proper to quash the proceedings

against the petitioners herein.

Hence, the above Crl.M.P is ordered, and the proceedings against the petitioners-A1 to A-6 in Crime No.179 of 2016 of Santoshnagar Police Station, Hyderabad, are quashed.

Accordingly, the above Crl.M.P is ordered and the Criminal Petition is allowed.

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J Date: 25-04-2016 Ksn