THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION NO.7142 OF 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.1069 of 2010 on the file of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the de facto-complainant, Smt Juveria Farheen and the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 are present. The de facto-complainant and the 1st petitioner/A.1 have filed a Memorandum of Compromise-cum-Undertaking stating that the matter is settled out of Court between them at the intervention of the elders, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offences are punishable under Section 498-A IPC and under Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offences are compounded. The de facto-complainant/1st respondent and the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 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. 162 dated 17.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 in C.C.No.1069 of 2010 on the file of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. _______________ (RAJA ELANGO, J) 17th August 2011 RRB