HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8419 of 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.2 and 3, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash C.C.No.243 of 2006 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the defacto complainant, 2nd respondent herein, that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter is settled out of Court amicably between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid C.C. The petitioners and the 2nd respondent are present before this Court. The 2nd respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that upon the advice of the elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have compromised the matter amicably and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners and other accused before the Court. She also filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “I have filed a dowry harassment case before the WPS, Begumpet, Hyderabad in Crime No.99/05 dated 23.11.2005 for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act against my husband and in-laws. Due to intervention of the elders of the both families and head of the community people, both the petitioners and I decided to settle the marital dispute amicably. I agreed to withdraw the criminal case registered for the offences under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act i.e. C.C.No.243 of 2006 on the file of XIII A.C.M.M., Nampally, Hyderabad, against the petitioners and all other accused and I am no longer interested in pursuing the case.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the C.C. inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the C.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and C.C.No.243 of 2006 on the file of the XIII Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, is hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 20th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.8419 of 2010 (Allowed) 20th August, 2010 CBS