THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6111 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner-accused approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against him in C.C. No. 63 of 2008 on the file of the Court of the Additional Munsif Magistrate, Kandukuru, Prakasam District, registered for offences punishable under Sections 498-A of I.P.C. and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the petitioner and the 2nd respondent- complainant are present. The petitioner and the complainant filed their Identity Cards in proof of their identity. It is reported by the defacto complainant that the matter is settled out of Court between herself and the accused and the marriage was dissolved by virtue of a decree of divorce passed in C.M.A. No. 463 of 2010. The complainant also filed an affidavit before the Court to that effect, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 498-A of I.P.C. and 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties, they may be permitted to compound the offences. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and proceedings in C.C. No. 63 of 2008 on the file of the Additional Munsif Magistrate, Kandukuru, Prakasam District, initiated against the petitioner-accused are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 29th September, 2011, pnb