THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3053 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings in Crime No.232 of 2010 of Humayunagar Police Station, Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323 and 506 IPC and 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, on the basis of the complaint referred by the learned Magistrate for investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the de facto complainant – Smt.Asma Ali Nahdi and the revisions petitions are present. The complainant filed her household card bearing No.PAP167559400283 in proof of her identity. She also filed a copy of the settlement deed entered between the parties, which shall form part and parcel of the record, as per which both parties agreed to withdraw all the cases filed against each other. In the petition filed under Section 320(2) Cr.P.C. signed by both parties, it is stated that on the intervention of elders the petitioners and the first respondent-complainant has compromised the matter by executing a settlement deed dt.24.03.2011, that the first respondent has agreed to obtain divorce by qula, that the first respondent will hand over the custody of the child to the first petitioner and that both parties have agreed to appear before this Court for quashing the complaint in FIR No.232 of 2010 of Humayunagar Police Station, Hyderabad. It is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of court between herself and her husband 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, there is no need for further investigation in the matter and the proceedings in the crime can be quashed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and Crime No.232 of 2010 of Humayunagar Police Station, Hyderbad, is hereby quashed. 6. Miscellaneous petitions filed in this criminal petition, if any, shall stand closed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 7th April 2011, Rns