ORDER :

Cheekati Manavendranath Roy, J.

1. This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short "Cr.P.C.") is filed assailing the order dated 30.09.2019 passed in Crl. M.P. No. 385 of 2019 in Crl. A. No. 265 of 2016 on the file of the learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge-Cum-Mahila Court, Visakhapatnam, whereby the petition filed under Section 320 Cr.P.C. to permit the petitioners to compound the offences and acquit the petitioners under Section 320(8) Cr.P.C. was dismissed.

2. The petitioners are originally accused in C.C. 1298 of 2011 on the file of the learned I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Visakhapatnam. They were tried for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 326 IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. After trial, in the final adjudication of the said case, they were found guilty for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 326 IPC only and accordingly they were convicted for the said offences. They have been sentenced to under rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of ` 1000/- each for the said offences. They were acquitted for the offences punishable