THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9285 of 2010 ORDER: Petitioners approach this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings initiated against them in C.C.No.166 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Mmunsif Magistrate, Hyderabad, for the offences punishable under Sections 406 IPC and Sections 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Heard. Today, the defacto-complainant Smt Lavina Ahuja, is present. The 2nd respondent/defacto-complainant has filed an affidavit stating that the matter is settled out of Court between herself and the petitioners at the intervention of the elders, which shall form part and parcel of the record. As the alleged offences are punishable under Sections 406 IPC and 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. The defacto-complainant/2nd respondent and the petitioner are directed to pay an amount of Rs.5,000/- before the A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad and accordingly they have paid the same before the said Authority vide receipt No.180 dated 18.8.2011. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/A.1 to A.4 in C.C.No.166 of 2010 on the file of the XIII Additional Chief Mmunsif Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed. __________________ RAJA ELANGO,J Date:17.08.2011. Gk. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9285 of 2010 Date: 17.08.2011 Gk.