THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3493 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.865 of 2006 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the defacto-complainant Smt Kalidas Venkataramana is present and filed an affidavit stating that the matter is settled out of Court between them at the intervention of the elders, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offences are punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offences are compounded. The defacto-complainant/2nd respondent and the petitioners/A.1 to A.4 are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/- before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No. 163 dated 17.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A.1 to A.4 in C.C.No.865 of 2006 on the file of the X Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad at Malkajgiri, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:17.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3493 of 2011 Date: 17.08.2011 Gk.