P.Ramakrishna v. State Of Andhra Pradesh

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL Criminal Petition No.4682 of 2014 Date: 09-10-2015 Between:

P. Ramakrishna and 8 others ...

Petitioners/A.1 to A.9 AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State Of Andhra Pradesh and another ... Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.K. JAISWAL Criminal Petition No.4682 of 2014 ORDER:

The criminal petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.95 of 2014 on the file of IV Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupathi, arising out of Crime No.53 of 2013 on the file of Mahila Police Station, Tirupathi, for the offences punishable under Sections 498 A, and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The 2nd respondent/de facto complainant and her counsel are present. The petitioners/A1 to A9 and their counsel are also present.

Heard both sides and perused the record.

On the report of the 2nd respondent/de facto complainant, the Station House Officer, Mahila Police Station, Tirupathi, registered a case in Cr.No.53 of 2013 against the petitioners/A1 to

A9 for the offences alleged, and after completion of investigation, filed the charge sheet.

It is submitted by both parties that at the intervention of the elders, the parties have amicably settled their disputes concerning to present case and hence compromise may be recorded and criminal proceedings in the above case may be quashed. Having regard to the above submission and considering the fact that the parties have amicably settled the disputes among themselves out of Court and no useful purpose will be served even if the parties are driven to the trial as they compromised, and following the decision reported in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another[1] the criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed and compromise is recorded, and consequently, the proceedings in C.C.No.95 of 2014 on the file of IV Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Tirupathi, arising out of Crime No.53 of 2013 on the file of Mahila Police Station, Tirupathi, against the petitioner/A1 to A9 are hereby quashed.

The Crl.P.MP.No.10696 of 2015 and Crl.P.No.4682 of 2014 are accordingly allowed.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed in consequence.

________________ M.S.K. JAISWAL, J Date: 09-10-2015 Ksn [1] (2012) 10 SCC 303