Mr. Nudurupati Ajay Kumar, v. Nudurupati Roja Sandeepa,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE U.DURGA PRASAD RAO Crl.P.M.P.No.17369 of 2014 in Crl.P.No.16199 of 2014 and Crl.P.No.16199 of 2014 Common Order:

The de-facto complainant and her counsel Sri V.V.S.S.Kameswara Rao are present. Accused and their counsel Sri Ch.Dhanamjaya are present.

Heard both sides.

The Police IV Town PS, Visakhapatnam filed laid charge sheet in Cr.No.505 of 2012 and the learned I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam took cognizance of the same for the offences under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act against A1 to A5 and registered as C.C.No.544 of 2013. Now, the submission of both sides is that at the intervention of elders, parties have resolved their disputes and thereby it is decided that de-facto complainant and accused No.1 will obtain divorce and in fact they already filed divorce petition in FCOP No.1690/2014 in the Court of Family Judge, constituted under Family Court's Act, at Visakhapatnam and in the present case also they have entered into a compromise and therefore, they may be permitted to enter into compromise and compromise may be recorded and proceedings in C.C.No.544 of 2014 may be quashed in

the interest of justice.

Having regard to the above said submission and considering the fact that it is a matrimonial matter wherein the parties have amicably settled their disputes and no useful purpose will be served even if they are driven to trial since they have already entered into compromise, and following the decision reported in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another[1] permission is accorded to the parties to compromise the case by allowing this petition. Accordingly, compromise is recorded in terms of compromise petition and consequently the proceedings in C.C.No.544 of 2013 on the file of I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam are hereby quashed.

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 27-01-2015 Murthy [1] (2012) 10 SCC 303