Dr. Kollimarla Sri Ram v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE U.DURGA PRASAD RAO Crl.P.M.P.No.17762 of 2014 in Crl.P.No.10370 of 2014 and Crl.P.No.10370 of 2014 Common Order:

T h e de facto complainant and her counsel Sri T.S.N.Murthy are present. Accused and his counsel Sri Y.Ashok Raj are present.

Heard both sides and perused the petition.

The Police of Saroornagar Women Police Station laid charge sheet in FIR No.19 of 2014 against the accused for the offences under Section 498(A) IPC r/w Sec.3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and after investigation filed charge sheet and learned XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar took cognizance of the same and registered as C.C.No.158 of 2014.

While-so, now the submission of both sides is that at the intervention of elders, they have amicably resolved all their disputes and the defacto complainant and accused decided to obtain divorce and accordingly in F.C.O.P. No.838 of 2014 they obtained divorce on 18.12.2014 before the Judge, Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar and the maintenance claim of the defacto complainant was also settled as per which the accused paid to defacto complainant an amount of Rs.7,00,000/- through two Demand Drafts i.e, D.Ds bearing No.418402 & 513796 drawn on State Bank of India dated

02.06.2014 and 04.12.2014 respectively and sofaras the present criminal case is concerned, the parties having amicably settled the same also and thereby the defacto complainant expresses her no objection for quashment of the proceedings and therefore, the Court may accord permission to them to compound the offence and record the compromise and quash the proceedings in C.C.No.158 of 2014 on the file of learned XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar in the interest of justice.

Having regard to the above submission and considering that it is a matrimonial matter wherein the parties have amicably settled their disputes and no useful purpose will be served even if the parties are driven to trial since they compromised and following the decision of Apex Court reported in Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab and another[1], this petition is allowed and permission is accorded and compromise is recorded in terms of the accompanying memorandum of compromise and consequently the proceedings in C.C.No.158 of 2014 on the file of XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at L.B.Nagar are hereby quashed.

In the result, both the petitions are accordingly disposed of.

As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

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U.DURGA PRASAD RAO, J Date: 05-02-2015 scs [1] (2012) 10 SCC 303