THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.10494 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners-A1 and A2 approach the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C. No. 287 of 2011 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 406 of I.P.C. and 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the petitioners-Accused Nos. A1 and A2 and the 1st respondent-complainant, Smt. K. Venkata Surya Kalyani are present. The 1st respondent complainant filed her driving licence bearing No. M3104654/08, in proof of her identity. It is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of Court between the petitioners and herself and a Memorandum of Understanding was executed between them on 23.10.2011, which shall form part and parcel of the record. She also filed an affidavit before this Court to that effect. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 498-A of 406 of I.P.C. and 4 & 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act and as the matter is settled between the parties, they prayed to compound the offences in terms of the memorandum of compromise entered into between them. 4. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in C.C. No.287 of 2011 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, initiated against the petitioners-A1 & A2, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 31st October, 2011, pnb