IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF OCTOBER, 2009 CRIMINAL PETITION No.8479 of 2009 Between: B.Vikram Reddy and others ……PETITIONER(S) a n d The State of A.P., rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another ……RESPONDENT(S) THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8479 of 2009 ORDER: This criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C.No.282 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Section 498- A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard. 3. The petitioners have filed a memorandum of compromise in Crl.M.P.No.8361 of 2009 stating that they have settled the matter with the de facto complainant out of Court. The de facto complainant, who is present along with her father, in Court today, produced a Xerox copy of her Passport bearing No.E8985886 issued by the Passport Officer, Hyderabad, on 06.05.2004, in proof of her identity, and she and her father reported that the terms of compromise are agreeable to them and the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.282 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, may be quashed as the matter is settled out of Court. The petitioners handed over a demand draft bearing No.013224 dated 10.09.2009 drawn on Axis Bank Limited, Himayath Nagar Branch, Hyderabad, in favour of the de facto complainant for Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakhs only) to her who represented that she received the same in full and final settlement of the issue. Keeping in view the terms of compromise and the submission made by the de facto complainant that the matter is settled out of Court, the petition is allowed quashing the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C.No.282 of 2009 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. ________________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J 22nd October 2009 CVRK