IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8805 OF 2009 Between: 1. Syed Hafeezuddin 2. Yousuf Siddique 3. Syed Moiz 4. Shazia 5. Smt. Atiya Sultana ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 5 AND Smt. Afroz Fatima & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8805 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1 to 5, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in Crime No.247 of 2009 of Women’s Police Station, Charminar, South Zone, Hyderabad registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner No.1 is husband, petitioner No.3 is brother-in-law and petitioner No.5 is mother-in-law of the de facto complainant. 4. De facto complainant Smt. Afroz Fatima and her husband Syed Hafeezuddin, who is petitioner No.1, are present. In proof of her identity, de facto complainant produced her ration card bearing No.FYY 2904449, which contains her photograph and shows her residence as H.No.8-4-544/M/67, B. Shankerlal Nagar, Sultan Nagar, Hyderabad. Learned counsel for both sides also are present and they have also identified the parties. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. 5. On being questioned, de facto complainant reports that she wants to withdraw the proceedings against all the petitioners. 4. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the matter pertains to matrimonial dispute and the parties have amicably compromised the matter between them out of Court, the proceedings against all the petitioners can be quashed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the stage of admission itself and the proceedings against all the petitioners in Crime No.247 of 2009 of Women’s Police Station, Charminar, South Zone, Hyderabad are quashed. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 28, 2009. PV