(1.) The petitioners are before this Court calling in question proceedings in C.C.No.27640/2019 registered for offences punishable under Ss. 498A, 354 r/w Sec. 34 of the IPC and Ss. 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, pending before the XXXVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, arising out of Crime No.110/2019.
(2.) During the pendency of this petition, the parties to the lis have arrived at a settlement before the family Court in M.C.No.3386/2022 and a copy of memorandum of settlement filed under Sec. 89 of the CPC read with Rules 24 and 25 of the Karnataka Civil Procedure (Mediation) Rules, 2005 and also the joint affidavit filed by the parties are also filed before this Court. The learned counsel for respondent No.2 would submit that the conditions stipulated in the settlement have been fulfilled between the parties.
(3.) The relevant paragraphs of memorandum of settlement read as follows: