THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10374 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.365 of 2007 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, arising out of Cr.No.929 of 2006 of Banjara Hills Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The de facto complainant-second respondent present and in proof of her identity, she filed her pan card bearing No.AIIPR1623A. She reports that the matter is settled between the parties outside the Court and in view of part of settlement, an amount of Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees eight lakhs only) is agreed to be paid to her and out of that, an amount of Rs.6,00,000/-(Rupees six lakhs only) were already paid and a demand draft for Rs.2,00,000/-(Rupees two lakhs only) is handed over to her in the open Court today. 4. In view of the fact that the matter arises out of matrimonial dispute and the same is settled out of the court between the parties and the spouses have already taken divorce, the proceedings pending against the petitioners in C.C.No.365 of 2007 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are quashed. 5. The Criminal Petition is accordingly allowed. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. 14th December 2009 Rns