K.Vikas v. Smt. Bhadraju Soundarya

HONOURABLE JUSTICE G.SRI DEVI CRL.P.No.3766 of 2019 AND I.A.No.2 of 2019 ORDER:

Petitioners/A1 to A8 seek quashing of the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.02 of 2018 on the file of Women Police Station, Mahabubnagar, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 498-A I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

When this matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned Counsel for the petitioners/A1 to A8 as well as the learned Counsel for the 1st respondent/de facto complainant that the parties have compromised the dispute and settled the matter out of Court at the instance of elders and to that effect they filed a joint memorandum of compromise. The said joint compromise memo, which is signed by the parties and their Counsel, is accompanied by a petition i.e., I.A.No.2 of 2019. Today, both the parties were present before this Court and they were identified by their respective Counsel. This Court when examined the 1st respondent/de facto complainant, she stated that she has settled the dispute with the petitioners/A1 to A8 and, therefore, she has no objection to

quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A1 to A8.

In the light of the compromise arrived at between the parties, the compromise memo filed by both the parties is recorded and I.A. No.2 of 2019 is ordered.

Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A1 to A8 in Crime No.02 of 2018 on the file of Women Police Station, Mahabubnagar, are hereby quashed in terms of the compromise entered into between the parties.

____________________ JUSTICE G.SRI DEVI 11-07-2019 Gsn