THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4937 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.1166 of 2010 on the file of VIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 506 read with Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the defacto-complainant Smt Ishrath Jahan and the petitioners/ A-1 to A-3 are present. The 2nd respondent/defacto complainant has filed an affidavit stating that the matter is settled out of Court between her and the petitioners/A-1 to A-3, at the intervention of the elders, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 506 read with Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offences are compounded. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A.1 to A.3 in C.C.No.1166 of 2010, on the file of VIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. _________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:16.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.4937 of 2011 Date: 16.08.2011 Gk.