IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.583 OF 2010 Between: P. Sanjay Narayan & 2 others ……Petitioner – Accused Nos.1 to 3 AND The State, through the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.583 OF 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners P. Sanjay Narayan, P. Badrinarayan and Smt. P. Uma Devi, accused Nos.1 to 3, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.904 of 2007 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, arising out of Crime No.72 of 2007 of Women’s Police Station, Central Crime Station, Detective Department, Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Petitioner Nos.1 to 3 herein are husband and parents-in-law, respectively, of the de facto complainant, respondent No.2 herein. 4. De facto complainant - P. Archana and petitioner No.1 - P. Sanjay Narayan (accused No.1) are present. On being questioned, de facto complainant reports that that the matter is compromised between them out of Court and in pursuance of that compromise, petitioner No.1 agreed to pay her Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees fifty lakhs only) towards full and final settlement of the dispute and out of which, he paid Rs.25,00,000/- (Rupees twenty five lakhs only) in cash and transferred a flat bearing No.102, admeasuring 900 Sq.ft. with undivided share of 32 square yards, in Block - 1 of Sri Sai Ram Gardens building (premises No.8-3-226 and 8-3-226/1), situated at Yousufguda, Hyderabad, which was on the name of petitioner No.3, she has taken divorce also and that the proceedings may be quashed against all the petitioners. 5. De facto complainant produced her original passport bearing No.E2447409, which contains her photograph and showing her parents names as Pyata Dil Rao and Pyata Vidyavathi, her date of birth as 05-12-1980 and residential address as 19, New Bhoiguda, 6-3-350, Secunderabad. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. 6. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the matter pertains to matrimonial dispute and the spouses have taken divorce and amicably settled the matter between them out of Court, the impugned proceedings can be quashed against all the petitioners. 7. Therefore, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the admission stage itself and the proceedings against all the petitioners, accused Nos.1 to 3, in C.C. No.904 of 2007 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J February 10, 2010. PV