HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 6413 OF 2010. DATED 9TH JULY, 2010. BETWEEN Mr.Mohd.Shakeel Siddiqui and ors ….Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 6 and The State of AP,rep. By its Public Prosecutor and anr. …Respondents/ defacto- complainant HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 6413 OF 2010. ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is ﬁled to quash the proceedings in FIR No. 67 of 2010 on the ﬁle of the Women Police Station, Charminar, Hyderabad. The second respondent herein is the defacto- complainant, who ﬁled a complaint dated 23.3.2010 before the police station alleging that the ﬁrst petitioner-husband and in-laws subject her to physical and mental cruelty for additional dowry, for which, the police registered a case in FIR.No. 67 of 2010 for the oﬀences under Sections 498-A, 406 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the petitioners and investigated into. Today when the matter is posted for hearing, the learned Counsel appearing on either side submitted that the matter has been settled amicably out of Court and prayed to quash the said FIR. The second respondent-defacto complainant is present in person before this Court. Sri.R.Satyanarayana, learned Counsel representing the defacto-complainant identiﬁed her. A deed of compromise cum full and ﬁnal settlement, signed by both parties and witnesses has been ﬁled, which is annexed to the present Criminal petition. The terms of the said deed runs as follows: “1. That after the considerable negotiations, the parties herein mutually agreed that the FIRST PARTY have to pay a sum of Rs.65,000/- (Rupees sixty ﬁve thousand only) and Rs.15,000/- (Rupees ﬁfteen thousand only) towards the dowry and Rs.5,000/- (Rupees ﬁve thousand only) towards the Iddath period maintenance by way of maintenance, vide D.Ds.No.512576, dt. 25.6.2010 drawn on SBH, Anand Nagar, Khairatabad Branch, 280133, dt. 25.6.2010 drawn on SBH, Raj Bhavan Road, Branch, Hyderabad and 280132, dt. 25.6.2010 drawn on SBH, Raj bhavan Road Branch, Hyder4abad to the SECOND PARTY towards the Full and Final Settlement and the Second Party agreed for the same. 2. That the Second Party agreed to compound the Criminal Case in Crime No. 67 of 2010 of P.S. WPS, South Zone, Hyderabad on the ﬁle of Honourable XIII Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. 3.That in pursuant to the Deed of Compromise, the First Party herein paid a sum of Rs.85,000/- (Rupees eighty ﬁve thousand only) to the Second Party towards the Full and Final settlement and the Second Party having receipt of above referred amount and acknowledge the same through separate receipt. 4. That either party shall not institute any sort of proceedings/cases against each other in future, if any party institutes any case, it would not be maintainable as per this Deed of Full and Final Settlement. Further, both parties shall bear the miscellaneous expenses for compounding/compromising the case. 5. That both parties agreed to cooperate with each other while compounding/compromising the cases and shall not blame to each other, if any delay that would be caused due to legal complications.” The learned Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection for quashing the FIR in view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the proceedings in FIR No. 67 of 2010 on the ﬁle of the Women Police Station, Charminar, Hyderabad are liable to be quashed and accordingly they are hereby quashed. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed. ----------------------------------- JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO DATED 9T H JULY, 2010. Msnr.