THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3241 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in F.I.R.No.79 of 2011 of Women Police Station, Charminar (South Zone), Hyderabad, for the offence punishable under Section 498-A IPC. Heard. Today, the defacto-complainant Smt Nasreen Begum and the petitioners/A-1 to A-9 are present. The defacto-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 in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offences are compounded. The defacto-complainant/1st respondent and the petitioners/A.1 to A.9 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. 166 dated 17.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A.1 to A.9 in F.I.R.No.79 of 2011 of Women Police Station, Charminar (South Zone), Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:17.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.3241 of 2011 Date: 17.08.2011 Gk.