HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.2084 OF 2011 ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 5, under Section 482 Cr.P.C., seeking to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.375 of 2010 on the file of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, whereby they are facing trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Today, when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel for the 1st respondent-defacto complainant submitted that with the intervention of well wishers and elders, both parties have amicably settled the matter and a Settlement Deed dated 30.08.2010 has also been executed to the said effect. Therefore, they prayed to quash the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners in the said C.C.No.375 of 2010. The petitioners and the 1st respondent-defacto complainant are present before this Court. The defacto-complainant produced her Permanent Account Number Card bearing No. ADWPY 4112C and the same is verified by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor. She stated that herself and the 1st petitioner have entered into a Settlement Deed dated 30.08.2010 and settled all their disputes amicably; therefore, she intends to withdraw the criminal proceedings pending against the petitioners. A copy of the said Settlement Deed dated 30.08.2010 and an affidavit of the complainant, seeking to quash the proceedings pending against the petitioners, are filed along with this petition. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that there is no objection to quash the criminal proceedings against the petitioners inasmuch as both the parties settled the matter amicably. In the light of the settlement arrived at between the parties, this Court is of the view that, by invoking the provisions under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioners can be quashed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners herein in C.C.No.375 of 2010 on the file of the XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. The affidavit of the complainant is made as part of this order. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, filed shall stand closed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J 11.03.2011 v v