1. This Criminal Petition, under Section 4 82 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the petitioners/A-1 to A-3, seeking to quash the proceedings in Crime No.727 of 2023 of Patamata Police Station, Vijayawada City, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 4 98-A, 509 IPC, Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 3 (1)(r) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

2. It is represented that both the parties have settled the dispute amicably out of the Court at the intervention of their elders and well wishers. In view of the settlement arrived between both the parties, they filed IA Nos.2 and 3 of 2024 seeking to permit them to compound the offences and to record the compromise.

3. Today, when the matter is taken up, petitioners and 2nd respondent herein are present before this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for 2nd respondent have identified both the parties in the open Court. This Court has questioned the de facto complainant with regard to compromise and she has categorically stated to that extent that she has voluntarily entered into compromise with the accused.

4. In Gian Si