THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.833 of 2011 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.534 of 2009 of Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the de facto complainant – Smt.Tadimalla Sri Lakshmi Prasad and the revision petitioner-accused No.2 Smt.Radha Patwari are present. The second petitioner-A2 appeared on her behalf and on behalf of her son as GPA holder. The complainant filed her voter identity card bearing No.KYJ3518586 in proof of her identity. Petitioners-accused filed a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, which shall become part and parcel of the record, along with the present petition, wherein the terms and conditions are mentioned as follows: i. Pradeep Patwari and Sri Lakshmi Patwari(both parties) shall take divorce from the competent court at Hyderabad as both lastly resided within the jurisdiction of Ramnagar, Hyderabad; ii. The first party shall file a petition for divorce and after lapse of six months, the second party will appear before the court and on the same day both shall take divorce by filing memorandum of compromise or by converting the original pleadings in main O.P. into petition for divorce with mutual consent; iii. First party agreed to pay a sum of Rs.2.00 lakhs to second party towards permanent alimony as full and final settlement payable by way of banker cheque/DD; iv. The second party shall not claim anything against the first party after passing the decree of divorce; v. The mother of first party shall pay an amount of Rs.25,000/- to the second party after her O.P.for divorce is being numbered and this amount is out of the agreed amount of Rs.2.00 lakhs and the remaining amount of Rs.1,75,000/- is payable on the date when the matter was posted; vi. The parties hereinafter shall not make any claims or counter claims against each other in future; vii. The parties shall not interfere in their respective lives in future from this date; It is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of court between herself and her husband and prays to acquit the accused. 4. As the matter arises out of matrimonial disputes and as the complainant herself reported that the matter is settled, there is no need for further investigation in the matter and the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and Crime No.534 of 2009 of Central Crime Station, Hyderbad, is hereby quashed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 31st January 2011, Rns.