THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6532 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in Crime No.80 of 2010 of Mandamarri police station, Adilabad District, for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the defacto-complainant Smt Tirukkovalluru Acharitha is present and filed an affidavit 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 Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties amicably, the offences are compounded. The defacto-complainant/2nd respondent and the petitioners/A.2 to A- 5 are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/- before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad, in both the Criminal Petition Nos.6532 of 2010 and 6230 of 2011 and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.170 dated 17.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A.2 to A.5 in Crime No.80 of 2010 of Mandamarri police station, Adilabad District, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:17.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.6532 of 2010 Date: 17.08.2011 Gk.