IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9570 OF 2009 Between: Tabassum, D/o. M.H. Shareef ……Petitioner – de facto complainant AND Mohd. Abdul Zakir Hussain & 5 others .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.9570 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the de facto complainant Tabassum seeking to quash the proceedings against respondent Nos.1 to 5 – accused Nos.1 to 5 in C.C. No.82 of 2005 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad in Crime No.273 of 2004 of Golconda Police Station, Hydeabad registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498- A, 324 and 34 IPC. 2. Accused No.1 (R-1) is husband of the de facto complainant, accused No.2 (R-2) is mother of accused No.1, accused Nos.3 and 4 are sisters of accused No.1 and accused No.5 is son of accused No.3. 3. The de facto complainant Smt. Tabassum and accused No.1 Mohd. Abdul Zakir Hussain (A-1) are present before the Court and they are identified by their respective counsel. Further, in proof of her identity, the de facto complainant produced her original household card of F.P. Shop No.WAP167557201200, which also contains her photograph, showing her date of birth as 15-08-1976 and her residence as H.No.12-2-LIG/13/A, Mehadipatnam, HUDA Colony, Ward No.12 of Circle V, Hydeabad. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. 4. On being questioned, the de facto complainant reports that the proceedings may be quashed against accused Nos.1 to 5 stating that the accused have compromised the matter with her out of Court and in view of the compromise accused No.1 paid an amount of Rs.3,50,000/- (Rupees three lakhs fifty thousand only) to her through demand draft bearing No.191434 dated 04-11-2009 of State Bank of India, Aghapura Branch, Hyderabad, towards full and final settlement of the dispute and the same is averred in paragraph No.3 of the petition. 5. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the matter pertains to matrimonial dispute and the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of the Court, the impugned proceedings against the accused can be quashed. 6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, at the admission stage itself, and the proceedings against accused Nos.1 to 5, in C.C. No.82 of 2005 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J November 17, 2009. PV