THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO Criminal Petition No. 7367 of 2011 Date: 20-08-2011 Between Maqbool Ahmed & 7 others … Petitioner and The State of A.P. through S.H.O. Inthezargunj P.S. Warangal District reptd. by Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another … Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7367 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners approached the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.367 of 2009 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Warangal, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) IPC and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the de facto complainant – Smt. Md. Aisha Siddique and the petitioners-accused are present. The complainant filed her household card bearing No.IOF0684688 in proof of her identity. It is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of the Court between herself and the accused at the intervention of elders and the same is reduced into writing. She also filed Matrimonial Settlement Deed dated 19.3.2011 before the Court, which shall form part and parcel of the record. 4. In view of compounding of the offence, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent-de facto complainant are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5000/-(Rupees five thousand only) before the Legal Services Authority and accordingly they have paid the same before the said authority vide receipt No.187 dated 20.08.2011. 5. As the alleged offence is punishable under Sections 498(A) IPC and 3 and 4 of the D.P.Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.367 of 2009 on the file of the I Addl. Judicial First Class Magistrate, Warangal against the petitioners-accused are hereby quashed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 20th August 2011, CHV