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.237/2019 of Edavanna Police Station, Malappuram, which is pending as CC. No.173/2022 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II (Forest Offences), Manjeri. The offences alleged against the petitioners are punishable under Sections 498A and 406 read with 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 relatives, subjected her to cruelty both physically and mentally on the ground of dowry and misappropriated her gold ornaments 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 not intend to proceed with t