Mohammed Abdul Yasser v. The State Of Telangana

HONOURABLE Dr. JUSTICE B.SIVA SANKARA RAO CRL.M.P.NO.5730 OF 2015 AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.5748 OF 2015 COMMON ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner/accused under Section 482 Cr.P.C seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.155 of 2014 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, where the cognizance was taken for the offence punishable under Section 498-A I.P.C. and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, which is an outcome of the report of the defacto complainant/2nd respondent herein vide crime No.17 of 2013 of Malakpet Police Station, Hyderabad.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for respondents.

Pending the Criminal Petition, the de facto complainant filed Crl.MP.No.5730 of 2015 seeking permission of the Court to compound the offence in the above said C.C.

The de facto complainant and the accused are present before the Court and they identified by their respective counsel and stated that they settled the matter amicably at the intervention of the elders.

Though the offence under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act are not compoundable under Section 320 Cr.P.C. by invoking Section 482 Cr.P.C. the same are compounded. Accordingly, Crl.M.P.No.5730 of 2015 is ordered and the Criminal Petition is allowed by quashing the proceedings in C.C.No.155 of 2014 on the file of XIII Additional Chief

Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad. Miscellaneous petitions pending if any, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. B. SIVA SANKARA RAO, J Date: 22-06-2015 pab