ORDER :

B. Vijaysen Reddy, J.

1. This criminal petition is filed to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 607 of 2011 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Reddy District, L.B. Nagar, wherein charge sheet has been' laid against the petitioners - Accused Nos. 1 to 7 for the offences under Sections 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (for short 'the D.P. Act').

2. The petitioners have raised several grounds in the quash petition. However, it may not be necessary for this Court to go into the merits of those grounds since it is represented by Mr. H. Prahalad Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, that O.P. No. 380 of 2012 was jointly filed by respondent No. 2 - de facto complainant -wife, and the petitioner No. 1 - husband before the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District for mutual divorce wherein all the pending civil and criminal disputes have been settled. Learned counsel has drawn attention of this Court to clause No. 6 of the mutual divorce petition wherein it was stated that the wife shall withdraw the present criminal case i.e. C.C. No. 607 of 2011 on the file of the III Metropolitan Magistrate, Ranga Red