✦ High Court of India · 12 Feb 2025

The High Court · 2025

Case Details High Court of India · 12 Feb 2025
Court
High Court of India
Decided
12 Feb 2025
Bench
Not available
Length
1,491 words

Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the record and quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 56 of 2024 dated 03/01/2024, on the file of Hon'ble Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad. l.A. NO: 2OF 2025 Between: Hiranya, D/o. G. Devender, Age 24 years, Occ. Software Engineer, R/o. Ayodyanagar Colony, Rama Ladies Hostel, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, N/o.2- 1Bl35, Narayanpet Village, Nizambad tVlndl and District 503224 ...Petitioner / Defacto Complainant in l.A.No.2 & 3 of 2025 AND '1 . The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor at High Court at Hyderabad

2. G. Ajay, S/o Srinivas, Age 23 years, Occ. Student R/o. Road No. 2, KPHB Colony, Manikanta Boys Hostel, R/o. H.No.1-37, Lachapet, Machareddy, Kamareddy I)ist *'" r"' i: fil: 1rt"r'3ii3# ...Respondents / Petitioners / Accused in l.A.No.2 & 3 ot 2025 Petition under Section 359 (6) of Cr.P.C. praying that in the crrcumstances stated in the lVlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the petitioner to compromise the case in C.C. No. 56 Of 2024 dated 03/01/2024, on the file of Hon'ble Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad, by compounding of Section 354D of IPC in the interest of justice. l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Petition under Section 359 (2) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the lvlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to record the Compromise the in C C No. 56 of 2024 dated 0310112024, on the file of Hon'ble Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad, by compounding the offence in terms of compromise in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petitron and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Bhoopathi Ranjith Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri K Kiran Kumar Reddy, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following Common Order : HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUWADISRIDEVI - l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION No.833 ot 2025 COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 52S of BNSS by the petitioner/accused to quash the proceedings against him in C C No 56 ot 2024 on the file of Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Section 674 lT Act and under Section 354D, 509 of IPC \ \

2. lt is - submitted by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the respondent No.2, that during pendency of the present Criminal Petition, the parties have compromised the t I matter and accordingly, l.A.Nos,2 and 3 of 2025 have been filed to record the compromise between them and to compound the offences

3. Vide order dated 27.01.2025, this Court directed the parties along with their respective counsel to appear before the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad, for identification and to submit a repo(

4. Pursuant to the above said direction issued by this Court, the parties have appeared and the Secretary, High Court Legal 7 Services Committee, has identified the parties and submitted a report, dated 07 02.2025 and the same is placed on record.

5. ln view of the above, l.A.Nos 2 and 3 of 2O2S are altowed. Consequently, this Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C C.No.56 of 2OZ4 on the file of Xll Additional Chief Judicral Magistrate at Hyderabad are hereby quashed. [/iscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed I I \ To, I/TRUE COPY/' ^331ii^'ffiE3lL?A"^H ij) ECTION OFFICER

1. 2 a 4 6 The Xll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad The Station House Officer' Cyber Crime PS' Hyderabad District Two CCs to thePublic Prosecutor' High Court for the State of Telangana' Hyderabad [OU I 1 One CC to Sri Bhoopathi Ranjith Kumar' Advocate [OPUC] One CC to Sri K Kiran Kumar Reddy' Advocate [OPUCI Two CD CoPies I Along with the Copy of the Joint Memo ] r+ I: HIGH COURT DATED:1 210212025 ;r' COMMON ORDER l.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 in / and GRLP.No.833 of 2025 ( q f o r6 2 i iri: ?'l'i5 I t)8.(:.,.Ti ' -./ ALLOWING THE CRLP AND l.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 (tr trE! >i + 5 HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD I.A.NO. OF 2025 CRL.P.No. e3> oF 2o2s IN BETWEEN Hiranya, D/o. G. Devender, AGe: 24 years, Occ; Software Engineer, R/o. Ayodyanagar colony, Rama Ladies Hostel, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad. N/o.2- 18/35, Narayanpet Village, Nizambad Mndl and District. 503224 AND 'l'he State of Telangana Rep by its Public Prosecutor High.Court,at I{yderabad. And . Petitioner/ Defacto Complainant .. Respondent/Respondent G. Ajay, S/o. Srinivas, Age; 23 years, Occ; Student R/o. Road No. 2, KPHB Colony, Manikanta Boys Hostel, R/o. H.No.1-37, Lachapet, Machareddy, Knmareddy Dist. Respondents/ Petitioners/Accused JOINT MEMO May it please your lordsl-rip, 1. It is to submit that the allegation of the complaint is that on 2l-OZ -2023 at about 11:30 hours received a complaint from the Defacto complainant, from Whatsaap, as follows that A person with fhe Instagr Princcs) is harassing me by sending nude pic's and blackmailing me like he/she will spoil mine and my family members life and asking me to come and spend with him or make nude call if not he will make my pic,s amidSeetidad .+)[",x q /\w morphir 1g/ c(liting and upload in social meclia. As he knows somr: ol my clctails and he knows my mobilc numbcr also I feci thai someonc who is well-known for me or my friends is doing llris. Hc rnessagcd me on 17 -O7 -2(t23 but I didn't respondr:d, on the next day he messaged mc.telling like I am your sislers lricnd but I have avoided but from next day he slartcd l,lackmailing.

2. 11 is submitted that I have given a complaint before Lhe Cybcr ( )rimc Policc Station at I{yderabad against the petitione rs/Accused and police registered a FIR vide Crime No. 1711; Of 2023 daLed 21-O7-2O23 against the petitioner/ Accused hercin frrr Offcnces Punishable Under Scc. 67A lT Act and r.I/s. 354D, 509 IPC.

3. It is yrcrLinenl to submit that later it is known that the petitioner. / accused mobile was hacked ar-id the obscene messagcsi sent jn Instagr?l m there is cvery chance to hack insta grarn ID's, now thc pctitioner is nothing to do with the present case, it is nothing but onlinc fraud. And it is further submit tlrat mcre confiscation of mobilc from the accused, the accuscd ma) rrot be subject to Lhe criminal, same is said by the a pe x court in various verdicts, and also in Late Jayalalithaa's, ri,ho is farmer chief minister of Tamilnadu state cas( also.

4. I srrbmit that the intervention of the wr:ll wisher.s and elders of t-hc botl-r partics settled the matter amicably out of the court- That due to thc said reasons, I ceLrne forwzrrd to withclraw- the cornplaint for which I am also executed an Alhdavit stat,ir-rg that I am ready to withdraw the above said CASC .! \ 4"A0""- q *

5. lt is submitted that the matte. is settled out of the court, I am ready to rr,ithdraw the case against the petitioner/ Accused consiclering all the above circumstances this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 56 Ol 2024 dared 03-01-2024, on the fiIe of Hon,ble XII ADDITIONAL CHItrF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE At: HYDERABAD, otherwise the petitioner and his family members will suffer irreparable loss., It is thereforc prayed that this Hon,blc Court may be plcased to record the compromise statement and quash the in C.C. No. 56 Ot 2024 darcd 03 01-2024, on the {ile of Hon,ble XII ADDITIONAL CIIItrF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE At: HYDERABAD, in thc interest of justice and pass such other ordcr or ordcrs ntay dcem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Hence, this Joint Memo HYDtrRABAD DATtr: 09 Ol-2O25 Coun el lor Petitioncr Counsel for Respondent q Petitioner No. 1 Petitioner No.

Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to call for the record and quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 56 of 2024 dated 03/01/2024, on the file of Hon'ble Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad. l.A. NO: 2OF 2025 Between: Hiranya, D/o. G. Devender, Age 24 years, Occ. Software Engineer, R/o. Ayodyanagar Colony, Rama Ladies Hostel, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, N/o.2- 1Bl35, Narayanpet Village, Nizambad tVlndl and District 503224 ...Petitioner / Defacto Complainant in l.A.No.2 & 3 of 2025 AND '1 . The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor at High Court at Hyderabad

2. G. Ajay, S/o Srinivas, Age 23 years, Occ. Student R/o. Road No. 2, KPHB Colony, Manikanta Boys Hostel, R/o. H.No.1-37, Lachapet, Machareddy, Kamareddy I)ist *'" r"' i: fil: 1rt"r'3ii3# ...Respondents / Petitioners / Accused in l.A.No.2 & 3 ot 2025 Petition under Section 359 (6) of Cr.P.C. praying that in the crrcumstances stated in the lVlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the petitioner to compromise the case in C.C. No. 56 Of 2024 dated 03/01/2024, on the file of Hon'ble Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad, by compounding of Section 354D of IPC in the interest of justice. l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Petition under Section 359 (2) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the lvlemorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to record the Compromise the in C C No. 56 of 2024 dated 0310112024, on the file of Hon'ble Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad, by compounding the offence in terms of compromise in the interest of justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petitron and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Bhoopathi Ranjith Kumar, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri K Kiran Kumar Reddy, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following Common Order : HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUWADISRIDEVI - l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 in/and CRIMINAL PETITION No.833 ot 2025 COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 52S of BNSS by the petitioner/accused to quash the proceedings against him in C C No 56 ot 2024 on the file of Xll Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad, registered for the offences punishable under Section 674 lT Act and under Section 354D, 509 of IPC \ \

2. lt is - submitted by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the respondent No.2, that during pendency of the present Criminal Petition, the parties have compromised the t I matter and accordingly, l.A.Nos,2 and 3 of 2025 have been filed to record the compromise between them and to compound the offences

3. Vide order dated 27.01.2025, this Court directed the parties along with their respective counsel to appear before the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad, for identification and to submit a repo(

4. Pursuant to the above said direction issued by this Court, the parties have appeared and the Secretary, High Court Legal 7 Services Committee, has identified the parties and submitted a report, dated 07 02.2025 and the same is placed on record.

5. ln view of the above, l.A.Nos 2 and 3 of 2O2S are altowed. Consequently, this Criminal Petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C C.No.56 of 2OZ4 on the file of Xll Additional Chief Judicral Magistrate at Hyderabad are hereby quashed. [/iscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed I I \ To, I/TRUE COPY/' ^331ii^'ffiE3lL?A"^H ij) ECTION OFFICER

1. 2 a 4 6 The Xll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad The Station House Officer' Cyber Crime PS' Hyderabad District Two CCs to thePublic Prosecutor' High Court for the State of Telangana' Hyderabad [OU I 1 One CC to Sri Bhoopathi Ranjith Kumar' Advocate [OPUC] One CC to Sri K Kiran Kumar Reddy' Advocate [OPUCI Two CD CoPies I Along with the Copy of the Joint Memo ] r+ I: HIGH COURT DATED:1 210212025 ;r' COMMON ORDER l.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 in / and GRLP.No.833 of 2025 ( q f o r6 2 i iri: ?'l'i5 I t)8.(:.,.Ti ' -./ ALLOWING THE CRLP AND l.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 (tr trE! >i + 5 HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD I.A.NO. OF 2025 CRL.P.No. e3> oF 2o2s IN BETWEEN Hiranya, D/o. G. Devender, AGe: 24 years, Occ; Software Engineer, R/o. Ayodyanagar colony, Rama Ladies Hostel, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad. N/o.2- 18/35, Narayanpet Village, Nizambad Mndl and District. 503224 AND 'l'he State of Telangana Rep by its Public Prosecutor High.Court,at I{yderabad. And . Petitioner/ Defacto Complainant .. Respondent/Respondent G. Ajay, S/o. Srinivas, Age; 23 years, Occ; Student R/o. Road No. 2, KPHB Colony, Manikanta Boys Hostel, R/o. H.No.1-37, Lachapet, Machareddy, Knmareddy Dist. Respondents/ Petitioners/Accused JOINT MEMO May it please your lordsl-rip, 1. It is to submit that the allegation of the complaint is that on 2l-OZ -2023 at about 11:30 hours received a complaint from the Defacto complainant, from Whatsaap, as follows that A person with fhe Instagr Princcs) is harassing me by sending nude pic's and blackmailing me like he/she will spoil mine and my family members life and asking me to come and spend with him or make nude call if not he will make my pic,s amidSeetidad .+)[",x q /\w morphir 1g/ c(liting and upload in social meclia. As he knows somr: ol my clctails and he knows my mobilc numbcr also I feci thai someonc who is well-known for me or my friends is doing llris. Hc rnessagcd me on 17 -O7 -2(t23 but I didn't respondr:d, on the next day he messaged mc.telling like I am your sislers lricnd but I have avoided but from next day he slartcd l,lackmailing.

2. 11 is submitted that I have given a complaint before Lhe Cybcr ( )rimc Policc Station at I{yderabad against the petitione rs/Accused and police registered a FIR vide Crime No. 1711; Of 2023 daLed 21-O7-2O23 against the petitioner/ Accused hercin frrr Offcnces Punishable Under Scc. 67A lT Act and r.I/s. 354D, 509 IPC.

3. It is yrcrLinenl to submit that later it is known that the petitioner. / accused mobile was hacked ar-id the obscene messagcsi sent jn Instagr?l m there is cvery chance to hack insta grarn ID's, now thc pctitioner is nothing to do with the present case, it is nothing but onlinc fraud. And it is further submit tlrat mcre confiscation of mobilc from the accused, the accuscd ma) rrot be subject to Lhe criminal, same is said by the a pe x court in various verdicts, and also in Late Jayalalithaa's, ri,ho is farmer chief minister of Tamilnadu state cas( also.

4. I srrbmit that the intervention of the wr:ll wisher.s and elders of t-hc botl-r partics settled the matter amicably out of the court- That due to thc said reasons, I ceLrne forwzrrd to withclraw- the cornplaint for which I am also executed an Alhdavit stat,ir-rg that I am ready to withdraw the above said CASC .! \ 4"A0""- q *

5. lt is submitted that the matte. is settled out of the court, I am ready to rr,ithdraw the case against the petitioner/ Accused consiclering all the above circumstances this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 56 Ol 2024 dared 03-01-2024, on the fiIe of Hon,ble XII ADDITIONAL CHItrF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE At: HYDERABAD, otherwise the petitioner and his family members will suffer irreparable loss., It is thereforc prayed that this Hon,blc Court may be plcased to record the compromise statement and quash the in C.C. No. 56 Ot 2024 darcd 03 01-2024, on the {ile of Hon,ble XII ADDITIONAL CIIItrF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE At: HYDERABAD, in thc interest of justice and pass such other ordcr or ordcrs ntay dcem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Hence, this Joint Memo HYDtrRABAD DATtr: 09 Ol-2O25 Coun el lor Petitioncr Counsel for Respondent q Petitioner No. 1 Petitioner No.

This is the original judgment text as indexed from the source corpus. Always verify against the official court record before relying on it in a filing — you can do so on eCourts or the Supreme Court of India website. ← Search more judgments