THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL PETITION NO.13496 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 On the basis of a complaint given by the second respondent herein a case in Cr.No.106 of 2010 was registered against the petitioner and others for the offences punishable under sections 498-A and under sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act by the Station House Officer, Bhavaninagar P.S. Hyderabad. 2 During the pendency of the said proceedings, it appears, there was a settlement between the parties at the intervention of the elders and in the light of the said settlement, both the wife and husband i.e. petitioner and the second respondent agreed to live together and accordingly they both are living together. In the light of the said settlement, the present application is filed requesting to quash the said proceedings. 3 Today parties are present. When questioned the de facto complainant by name Smt. Farhat Begum stated that she and her husband are living together and hence she is not interested in getting the matter prosecuted. She further submitted that she has no objection if the said proceedings against the petitioners are quashed. 4 In the light of the said submissions made by the de facto complainant herself that she is not interested in getting the matter prosecuted, this court is of the opinion that the said proceedings pending against the petitioner can be quashed. 5 Accordingly, this petition is allowed and the proceedings in Cr.No.106 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, P.S. Bhavaninagar, Hyderabad pending on the file of the Court of the XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, pending against the petitioner are hereby quashed. ----------------- Sri T.G.K, J. 31.12.2010 Kvsn