ORDER

This is a petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 by the accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.4/2010 of Kadakkavoor Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, which is pending as CC. No.408/2016 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Varkala The offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Sections 498A , 323, 403 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860

2. The prosecution case is that the 1st accused being the husband of the defacto complainant and the other accused being his relative subjected her to cruelty both physically and mentally on the ground of dowry, misappropriated her gold ornaments and voluntarily caused hurt to her and thereby they alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3. According to the petitioners, the dispute has been settled with the defacto complainant and they agreed to drop all further proceedings relating to the above dispute. Therefore, the petitioners prayed for quashing all further proceedings against them.

4. The Defacto complainant filed affidavit endorsing the averments in the Criminal MC. According to her, the case has been amicably settled and that she does