Telangana High Court
CRLP/9586/2012 of Smt. Shafeequnnisa Begum, Vs Mohd. Mujahid Ali Qureshi, on 31 December 2012
K.C. BHANU CRIMINAL PETITION No.9586 OF 2012 O R D E R: This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.344 of 2005 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, which was taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections 498- A
HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANUCRIMINAL PETITION No.9586 OF 2012
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O R D E R:
This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash theproceedings in C.C.No.344 of 2005 on the file of the XIIIAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, whichwas taken on file for the offences punishable under Sections498-A read with 34 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the DowryProhibition Act (for brevity, ‘the Act’).
2. The petitioner-de facto complainant is present and she isidentified by her counsel. She stated that at the intervention ofthe elders, the matter has been settled out of Court amicablyand she seeks to quash the proceedings against respondentNo.1-A.1.
3. The major offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC iscompoundable in nature, whereas the offence punishableunder Section 4 of the Act is minor than the above offence. Inview of the fact that the major offence is compoundable innature and the matter has been settled out of Court amicably,there is no impediment to quash the proceedings against therespondent No.1-A.1.
4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed quashing theproceedings against respondent No.1-A.1 only in C.C.No.344of 2005 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Miscellaneous petition pending in theCriminal Petition shall stand closed.
31.12.2012
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JUSTICE K.C.BHANU