THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7475 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in F.I.R No.102 of 2011 of II Town Police Station, Mahaboobnagar, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the defacto-complainant Smt Anjum Sultana, is present before the Court. The defacto-complainant and the petitioners/A.1 to A.5 filed an affidavit stating that the matter is settled out of the Court between herself and the accused 1 to 5, at the intervention of the elders, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offences are compounded. The defacto-complainant/2nd respondent and the petitioners/A.1 to A.5 are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/- before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.198 dated 23.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in F.I.R No.102 of 2011 of II Town Police Station, Mahaboobnagar, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:23.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7475 of 2011 Date: 23.08.2011 Gk.