HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7971 OF 2010 ORDER: This criminal petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 6, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.64 of 2009 on the file of the XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Hyderabad, taken on file for the offences punishable under Section 498-A IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that during pendency of the criminal petition, the matter was settled out of Court between the parties and therefore prayed to quash the proceedings in the aforesaid C.C. Petitioners 2 to 6, G.P.A. Holder of the 1st petitioner by name Mohd. Arshad Hussain and the defacto complainant, 1st respondent herein, are present before this Court. The 1st respondent produced her identity and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that at the intervention of elders and well-wishers, herself and the petitioners have settled the matter amicably and therefore she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against all the petitioners before the Court with free will and consent and there is no coercion or undue influence from any other side for the same. She also filed an affidavit before this Court, which runs as follows: “I got married to the first petitioner herein and, later on, as disturbances arose, I filed a private complaint against the petitioners and the same was referred to Saroor Nagar Women P.S., and the same was numbered as Crime No.609 of 2006 for the offences under Sections 498-A r/w 34 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Later on, charge sheet was filed by the police and initially the same was taken on file and registered as C.C.No.160 of 2007 on the file of the II Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad and subsequently on transfer the same was renumbered as C.C.No.64 of 2009 on the file of the XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Hyderabad, and the same is pending. While the matter stood so, the family elders and well-wishers of both sides have intervened and spoke to me and my husband and told us to compromise the matter and as such after thinking a lot, I have decided to withdraw the criminal complaint filed against my husband and my in-laws as per the compromise entered between both of our families. The terms and compromise that was agreed by me are that the petitioners herein shall pay an amount of Rs.50,000/- as Mehar amount and shall return all the articles given by me to them and they shall keep Rs.2,00,000/- as a fixed deposit in the name of our female child who is born to me and the first petitioner herein, by name Afraz Tanaaz. I have received the above said Mehar amount of Rs.50,000/- and all my articles. The remaining amount i.e. Rs.2,00,000/-, which is to be given to my daughter Afraz Tanaaz, is given in the form of a bankers cheque bearing No.591788 dated 09.08.2010 of State Bank of Hyderabad. I have accepted for the above said compromise and decided to withdraw the above said criminal complaint against my husband and in-laws. No responsibility is fastened on the petitioners and I shall look after her from the date of withdrawal of the case.” The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the C.C. inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that the proceedings in the C.C. can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C.No.64 of 2009 on the file of the XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO, J 10th August, 2010 CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7971 OF 2010 (Allowed) 10th August, 2010 CBS