Suswaram Raghavendra Sreedhar v. The State Of Telangana,

THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI of and , .

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.I in/and Crl.P.No.6757 of 2019 COMMON ORDER :

The Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5800 of 2019 on the file of the learned V Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 5 for the offences under Sections 498-A and 406 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. I.A.No.2 of 2019 is filed under Section 320(6) Cr.P.C. seeking to permit the parties to compound the aforesaid offences. I.A.No.3 of 2019 is filed under Section 320(2) of Cr.P.C., seeking to compound the offences and to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5800 of 2019 on the file of the learned V Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. Along with this application, a joint memo supported by an affidavit of the de facto complainant/respondent No.2 is filed and the same are made part of the record.

I.A.No.4 of 2019 is filed seeking to permit the father of petitioner No.1 to represent and prosecute the case on behalf of petitioner No.1. Along with the application, a copy of Special Power of Attorney is also filed.

The said joint memo has been duly signed by the parties and their signatures are duly attested/verified by their respective counsel. It is stated in the joint memo that negotiations took place between the parties and in the said settlement, it is agreed that petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 shall obtain a mutual consent divorce decree by filing a petition before the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District, and petitioner No.1 shall pay a sum of Rs.50 lakhs to respondent No.2 at the time of taking divorce by mutual consent. A copy of memorandum of understanding is also filed along with the Criminal Petition.

Today, when the matter came up for hearing, respondent No.2/de-facto complainant, petitioner Nos.2 to 5-accused Nos.2 to 5 and the Special Power of Attorney holder of petitioner No.1 are personally present before the Court and they are identified by their respective counsel. When this Court enquired the parties, the defacto complainant and the accused stated that they resolved the issue and prayed to quash the aforesaid proceedings against the petitioners.

In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, I find that it is a fit case to grant leave to the parties to compound the offences and to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 5.

In the result, I.A.Nos.2, 3 and 4 of 2019 are ordered. Consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.5800 of 2019 on the file of the learned V Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 5 are hereby quashed.

Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending in the criminal petition, shall stand closed.

__________________ JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI 02nd November, 2019 dr