ORDER

This Crl.M.C. has been preferred to quash Annexure-1 FIR in Crime No.940/2021 of Vadakkencherry Police Station on the ground of settlement between the parties.

2. The petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 5. The 1st respondent is the de facto complainant.

3. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 498A, 406 and 34 of the IPC.

4. The 1st respondent entered appearance through counsel. An affidavit sworn in by her is also produced.

5. I have heard Sri.Baby Mathew, the learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri.Ignatius.M, the learned counsel for the 1st respondent and Smt.T.V. Neema, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor for the 2nd respondent.

6. The averments in the petition as well as in the affidavit sworn in by the 1st respondent would show that the entire dispute between the parties has been amicably settled and the de facto complainant has decided not to proceed with the crime further. The learned Prosecutor, on instruction, submits that the matter was enquired into through the investigating officer and a statement of the de facto complainant was also recorded wherein she reported that the matter was amicably settled.

7. The Apex Court in Gian Singh v. State