THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2927 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner – de facto complainant approaches the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.519 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) and 506 IPC read with 34 IPC and 3, 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the petitioner - de facto complainant – Nishatunnisa Begum and the respondents - accused are present. The complainant filed her voter identity card bearing No.CVW0662775 in proof of her identity. She reported before the Court that at the intervention of elders, the matter is settled between herself and the accused and they entered into a settlement deed dated 25.01.2011 as per which the accused No.1 has pronounced Qula divorce to her on the same day as per Muslim Personal law and she received a sum of Rs.3,00,000/- towards full and final matrimonial settlement for herself and for her minor child Aiman Begum. Out of the said amount, Rs.1,50,000/- was deposited in Syndicate Bank, Mehdipatnam Branch, Hyderabad, in the name of her minor child and she has also received her entire jahez articles and further stated that she is not intending to proceed with the case and prays to acquit the accused. 4. As the matter arises out of matrimonial disputes and as the complainant herself reported that the matter is settled and in view of the provision under Section 320 Cr.P.C., under which the accused are entitled for acquittal, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the accused are acquitted under Section 320(8) Cr.P.C. 5. Miscellaneous petitions filed along with the criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 1st April 2011, Rns.