O R D E R

This is a petition filed under Section 582 of B.N.S.S. , by accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.7 of 2023 of Manjeri Police Station, Malappuram, which is pending as C.C.No.54 of 2023 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Manjeri. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 498A and 406 r/w 34 IPC.

2. The prosecution case is that the 1^st 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 thereby they alleged to have committed the aforesaid offences.

3. According to the petitioners, the dispute has been settled with the defacto complainant/victim/respondent No.3 and she 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/victim 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 the case and also that further proceedings in the case can be quashed. She has no further grievance against the pe