THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRl. P. M.P. Nos. 9815 & 9817 of 2011 And CRIMINAL PETITION Nos.245 & 320 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: The petitioners approach the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.616 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Women Police Station, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 of I.P.C. and 3, 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the petitioners-Accused Nos. A1 to A4 and the father of the 1st respondent-complainant, Smt. M . Satyabhama are present. The petitioners filed their passports bearing Nos. J 0801855 and H 660 1461 and the father of the complainant filed his Permanent Account Number card bearing No. AIF PM 2467 G, in proof of their identity. It is reported by the father of the complainant that the matter is settled out of Court between the petitioners and the 1st respondent and a Memorandum of Understanding was executed between them on 10.03.2011, which shall form part and parcel of the record. It is also stated that the Family Court, Secunderabad through order dated 16.9.2011 in O.P. No. 163 of 2011, passed a decree of divorce dissolving the marriage between A1 and respondent No.1. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 498-A of 406 of I.P.C. and 3, 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act and as the matter is settled between the parties, the petitioners filed Criminal P.M.P. Nos. 9815 & 9817 of 2011 seeking to permit them to compound the offences in terms of the memorandum of compromise entered into between them. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Miscellaneous Petitions and the Criminal Petitions are allowed and the proceedings in Crime No. 616 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Women Police Station, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, initiated against the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 4, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 28th September, 2011, Note: Furnish c.c. in 3 days. B/o pnb