IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRAPRADESH AT HYDERABAD HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.4267 of 2009 DATE:21.10.2010 Between: A.Krishna Rao …… Petitioner And: The State of A.P. rep. By its Public Prosecutor And another. …..Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.4267 of 2009 ORDER: This petition is filed by A-1 questioning registration of crime No.59/2009 by Guntakal II Town Police Station for offences punishable under Section 498-A, 107 I.P.C and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. By order dated 24.06.2009 this Court passed interim stay of arrest of the petitioner, directing investigation of the offence to go on. It is stated by the petitioner’s counsel that subsequently, the petitioner and the defacto-complainant/2nd respondent approached the District Legal Services Authority, Ananthapur and compromised the matter and that the said compromise was recorded by the said authority and that since then both the parties have been living together. 2) In such a case, it is open to both the parties to approach the investigating officer and to give statements or further statements to the investigating officer to that affect and if the investigating officer is satisfied with regard to the truth and voluntary nature of those statements, the investigating officer shall drop the proceedings and file final report accordingly before the Magistrate. 3) With the above observations, the criminal petition is disposed of. _______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J October 21, 2010 KSH