THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION No.12638 of 2010 ORDER: On the basis of a report given by Malathi, Wife of the third petitioner herein, on 10.02.2010, the police personnel of Kulsumpura Police Station, Hyderabad, registered a case in Crime No.300 of 2009 against the petitioners herein for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. After investigation, the Police filed the charge sheet, which was taken on file as C.C.No.572 of 2010 on the file of the XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Thereafter, due to intervention of the elders, the parties entered into compromise and as per the said terms of compromise, both of them moved an application under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act seeking divorce on mutual consent and the Judge, Family Court, Hyderabad dissolved the marriage between the first respondent herein and the third petitioner herein on 13.12.2010. In the light of the said dissolution of marriage between the parties by the competent Court, and as per the terms of the compromise, the first respondent herein has accepted to withdraw all the criminal cases against the petitioners, the petitioners approached this Court and moved this petition seeking to quash the proceedings in the said C.C. Today, the first respondent-Smt N.A.Malathi appeared before this Court and submitted that she is not willing to prosecute the said C.C. against the petitioners. In view of the said statement of the first respondent herein and also in the light of the divorce granted by the competent Court dissolving the marriage between the first respondent and the third petitioner herein, the proceedings in C.C.No.572 of 2010 on the file of the XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad are hereby quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 21st December 2010 Note: Issue CC in two days. B/o dr