O R D E R

This is a petition filed under Section 528 of B.N.S.S. , by the accused in Crime No.319 of 2022 of Pookkottumpadam Police Station, Malappuram, which is pending as CC.No.970 of 2022 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate’s Court, Nilambur. The offences alleged against the petitioner are under Sections 498A , and

406 r/w Section 34 IPC .

2. The prosecution case is that the 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 amicably settled with the defacto complainant and that she had 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