O R D E R

This is a petition filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. , by the accused in Crime No.1193 of 2023 of Kanjiramkulam Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, which is pending as CC. No.14 of 2024 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court-III, Neyyattinkara. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Section 498A 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 relative subjected her to cruelty both physically and mentally on the ground of dowry and thereby they alleged to have committed the aforesaid offence.

3. According to the petitioners, the dispute has been settled with the defacto complainant/victim/respondent No.2 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 all further proceedings in the case can be quashed. She has no further gr