Mohd Arif S/O Mohd Faqruddin v. The State Of Telangana

HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE U. DURGA PRASAD RAO Crl.P.M.P.No.1488 of 2015 in Crl.P.No.1376 of 2015 and Criminal Petition No.1376 of 2015 COMMON ORDER:

The defacto complainant and her counsel Anjum Mugeeba are present. Accused and his counsel Mohd. Faqruddin Ghori are present.

Heard both sides and perused the petition.

On the report given by de-facto complainant, the Police of Mailardevpally P.S, Cyberabad registered Crime No.53 of 2015 against accused for the offences under Sec.498-A, 506 and 323 IPC and investigation is reported to be pending. While-so both parties and their counsel present today in Court and submitted that at the intervention of elders, they have amicably settled their matrimonial disputes as per which both of them obtained Talaq divorce and the maintenance claim of the complainant is concerned, the accused paid an amount of Rs.2 lakhs to her towards the final settlement of her maintenance and as such the complainant has no objection for quashment of the proceedings in Crime No.53 of 2015 on the file of Mailardevpally P.S, Cyberabad and therefore, the Court may be pleased to permit the parties to compound the offence and quash the proceedings in the interest of justice.

Having regard to the above said submission and the matter

being a matrimonial dispute which the parties have amicably resolved at the intervention of elders and that no useful purpose will be served even if the investigation is ordered to be continued since the parties have compromised and following the decision reported in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another[1] this petition is allowed and permission is accorded to the parties to compound the offence and proceedings in Crime No.53 of 2015 on the file of Mailardevpally P.S, Cyberabad are hereby quashed in terms of joint memo filed by both parties. In the result, both the petitions are accordingly allowed. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

_________________________ U. DURGA PRASAD RAO, J Date: 10.03.2015 scs [1] (2012) 10 SCC 303