IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8474 OF 2009 Between: 1. Hasan Abdullah Al Guleshi 2. Razia Sultana 3. Mohd. Faiyaz 4. Sameena Sultana @ Fareda Sultana 5. Ahmed Bee ……Petitioners – accused Nos.1 to 5 AND Smt. Shaheen Sultana & another .....Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL PETITION No.8474 OF 2009 ORDER: This Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is filed by the petitioners, accused Nos.1 to 5, seeking to quash the proceedings against them in C.C. No.970 of 2007 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad arising out of Crime No.177 of 2007 of Women’s Police Station, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, registered for the for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A and 420 IPC read with 34 IPC. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner No.1 is husband, petitioner No.2 is mother-in-law, petitioner No.3 is brother-in-law and petitioner No.4 is co-sister of the de facto complainant. Petitioner No.5 is mother of petitioner No.4. 4. De facto complainant Smt. Shaheen Sultana and petitioner Nos.3 to 5 are present. In proof of her identity, de facto complainant produced her passport bearing No.F5856197, which contains her photograph and shows her date of birth as 05-05-1984. Learned counsel for both sides are also present and they have also identified the parties. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. Petitioner No.1 is reported to be residing at Dubai. 5. On being questioned, de facto complainant reports that she compromised the matter with the petitioners out of Court and as per the compromise petitioner No.1 agreed to give Rs.1,50,000/- towards full and final settlement including alimony. She received Rs.1,50,000/- (Rupees one lakh fifty thousand only) from the petitioners in the open Court. 4. In the circumstances and in view of the fact that the matter pertains to matrimonial dispute and the parties have amicably compromised the matter between them out of Court, the proceedings against all the petitioners can be quashed. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed at the stage of admission itself and the proceedings against all the petitioners in C.C. No.970 of 2007 on the file of XIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are quashed. ______________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J October 28, 2009. PV