Karri Raghuram, v. State Of A.P.,

THE HONOURABLE Dr.JUSTICE B.SIVA SANKARA RAO Crl.P.M.P.No.8039 of 2017 in/and Criminal Petition No.7536 of 2017 ORDER :

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner/ A.1 to A.3 in Cr.No.94 of 2017 on the file of the women Police Station, Visakhapatnam city, for the offences punishable u/ sec.498-A and 506 IPC, and u/ sec.4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, on the report of 2nd respondent/ defacto-complainant, and perused the grounds urged in the quash petition and the First Information Report. The defacto-complainant and the petitioners/ A.1 to A.3 stated that they settled the matter through elders amicably outside the Court to purchase peace and filed a petition vide Crl.P.M.P.No.8039 of 2017 seeking permission to compound the offences and the same are allowed.

In the result, the Crl.P.M.P.No.8039 of 2017 is allowed and consequently, the Criminal Petition is allowed. The petitioners/ A.1 to A.3 are acquitted and their bail bonds shall stand cancelled. Consequently, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed.

_________________________ Dr. B.SIVA SANKARA RAO J, Date:22.08.2017 vvr