THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.7647 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners-Accused No.1 to 4 approached the Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against them in P.R.C.No. 30 of 2009 on the file of the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A) IPC, Sections 3,4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 3(1),(X) of S.C./S.T.(POA) Act, 1989. 2. Heard both sides. 3. Today, the de facto complainant – Smt. P. Hima Bindu and the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 4 are present. It is reported by the complainant that the matter is settled out of the Court between herself and the accused at the intervention of elders. 4. In view of compounding of the offence, the petitioners and the 2nd respondent-de facto complainant are directed to pay an amount of Rs.2,500/-(Rupees Two thousands and five hundred only) before the Legal Services Authority and accordingly they have paid the same before the said authority vide receipt No.228 dated 29.08.2011. 5. As the alleged offence is punishable under Sections 498(A) IPC, Sections 3,4 and 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 3(1), (X) of S.C./S.T.(POA) Act, 1989 and in view of the fact that the matter is settled between the parties, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings in P.R.C.No. 30 of 2009 on the file of the III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, against the petitioners-accused Nos. 1 to 4 are hereby quashed. _______________ RAJA ELANGO, J. 29th August 2011, CHV