IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10499 OF 2009 Between: 1. A.K. Ramesh 2. A. Rajya Lakshmi 3. A.K. Saraswathi 4. A.K. Raghavan ……Petitioners – Accused Nos.1 & 3 to 5 AND The State of A.P., Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.10499 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners A.K. Ramesh, A. Rajya Lakshmi, A.K. Saraswathi and A.K. Raghavan, accused Nos.1 and 3 to 5 respectively, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.459 of 2009 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, arising out of Crime No.45 of 2009 of Women’s Police Station, Begumpet (North Zone), Hyderabad, registered for the offences under Sections 498-A IPC and 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 2. Heard. 3. The petitioners herein are husband, sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, respectively, of the de facto complainant Smt. A.K. Rekha, respondent No.2 herein. 4. The de facto complainant, her husband - petitioner No.1 and the learned counsel for the petitioners are present. The de facto complainant produced her original PAN card bearing No.AJYPA2840H, which contains her photograph and showing her date of birth as 18-02-1976. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. Petitioner No.1 is identified by his counsel. 5. On being questioned, the de facto complainant reports that the matter is compromised between her and her husband out of Court and that they are living together, as such, the impugned proceedings against the petitioners may be quashed. 6. In the circumstances of the case and in view of the nature of offences, which pertain to matrimonial disputes, and as the parties have amicably settled the matter between them out of Court and living together, the impugned proceedings against the petitioners can be quashed. 7. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, at the admission stage itself, and the impugned proceedings against the petitioners, accused Nos.1 and 3 to 5, in C.C. No.459 of 2009 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are quashed. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J December 22, 2009. PV