THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION NO.10848 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioner – de facto complainant seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.131 of 2008 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, arising out of Crime No.116 of 2007 of Women Police Station, Begumpet, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The petitioner – de facto complainant present and the accused also present. Petitioner - complainant, in proof of her identity, filed her Savings Bank Passbook of Central Bank of India, Reinbazar Branch, Hyderabad, showing account number as 1018393914 and address as 17.2.1232 to 1240 opposite to Yakatpura Railway Station. She reports that the matter is settled and she has taken divorce (Khula) and in view of the settlement, she is paid an amount of Rs.70,000/- by way of draft bearing No.182297 dated 21.12.2009 drawn on Central Bank of India, Ranigunj Branch, Secunderabad, which is handed over to her now. She reports that as she has taken divorce and the matter is settled between her and the accused, the proceedings against the accused may be quashed. 4. Complainant herself has filed this quash petition as she wants the proceedings to be closed early to relieve herself. 5. In the circumstances, as the matter arises out of matrimonial dispute and the complainant herself has filed this petition for quashing the proceedings against the accused, the Criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings pending against the accused in C.C.No.131 of 2008 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are quashed. ___________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J. 24th December 2009 Rns