A.Kranti Kumar v. Y.Sravanthi

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE U.DURGA PRASAD RAO I.A.No.3 of 2018 in Crl.P.No.7167 of 2018 and Crl.P.No.7167 of 2018 COMMON ORDER:

The defacto complainant and her counsel Sri N.B.Sudarshan are present. Petitioner/accused and his counsel Sri Bethi Venkateshwarlu are present. Both the parties are identified by their respective counsel. 2) Heard both sides and perused the petitions.

3) On the report given by defacto complainant, the Police of Woman Police Station, CCS, Hyderabad registered a case in Crime No.33 of 2016 and after investigation laid charge-sheet against the accused for the offences under Sections 498A, 406, 420 and 506 IPC and charge sheet was taken cognizance and registered as C.C.No.482 of 2016 and pending on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad.

4) At this stage, petitioner/accused filed Crl.P.No.7167 of 2018 before this Court to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.482 of 2016.

5) When the matter is pending, both parties filed I.A.No.3 of 2018 seeking permission of this Court to compound the offence. In the said petition it was mentioned that both parties have amicably settled all their disputes at the intervention of elders and all the cases pending between them were already settled. It is further stated that accused and

complainant filed divorce petition in O.P.517 of 2018 before the Family Court, Hyderabad and the same is pending. It is also stated that petitioner/accused agreed to pay Rs.30 lakhs to the complainant towards permanent alimony and out of which, he already paid Rs.10 lakhs on 08.05.2018 drawn on Union Bank of India, Gayathri Nagar Branch, Hyderabad and today i.e. on 11.07.2018, DD No.656692 for an amount of Rs.10 lakhs drawn on Union Bank of India, Gayathri Nagar Branch, Hyderabad was handed over to the complainant in the Court. They would submit that in view of settling all their disputes at the intervention of elders, they are proposing to compound the offences involved in C.C.No.482 of 2016 also and hence permission may be granted to them.

6) On enquiry by this Court, both the parties affirmed the contents in joint memo. The offences alleged in C.C.No.482 of 2016 are under Sections 498A, 406, 420 and 506 IPC which are compoundable with the permission of the Court. It shall be noted, the instant case is a matrimonial dispute and purely a private one and the same has no impact on the society. Further, from the submission of both the parties, they have settled all their disputes and pending cases at the intervention of elders.

8) With the above observations, I.A.No.3 of 2018 is allowed and the parties are permitted to compound the offences involved in C.C.No.482 of 2016 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Consequently, the Criminal Petition No.7167

of 2018 is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.482 of 2016 are quashed against petitioner/accused and he is acquitted of the offences for which he has been charged.

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

_________________________ U.DURGA PRASAD RAO, J Date: 11.07.2018 Murthy