✦ High Court of India · 13 Mar 2025

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Case Details High Court of India · 13 Mar 2025
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High Court of India
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13 Mar 2025
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that in the circumstances ot criminar ptiltion' the High Court mav be stated in the Memorand';;i ii;;t oreased to ca, for ,n" .."lro"r'iJi"irs t" crime.No. i4 of 2o2s on the file of Tekulapallv Police StatiJi," eh'd;d"i Kothagudem District and quash the pr"u.'Oingt in Crime No '14 of 2025 ' r.A. NO:2OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS prayrng that in the circumstances stated in the lvlemorandr.'"oi C"r-o", J. ot Criminri PJtition,tne High Court may be oleased to stay all t"tnt'"p'o""JJi'it i" CrimeJrlo 14 ol 2o25 on the file of Tekurapa.,y porice station, eird"r;i-ii"il-'aguaem District. pending disposal of the criminal Petition. I t I l i l.A.NO:3 &4 ctF 2025 Between: Korra lvlanqilal. S ic :i'.vamv..Aged about 30 years. Occ..Agrrcult rre l,/o.Gopya Thanda. Teku,erp.rt , t4and'at, dt1adiiJn-'(6}i"'jri'ui.,"b,.tn,t pet tioner/ 2"o ondent/ Complarnant in iR.ttos. S an,l + c, Z:'iS-""" - And '?r,sr

1. Lakkrnerr S..,e nder e Surrender Rao. S/o. Sri. \/enkates twar Rao Aoed about 5i 1:'rs occ Fresident nlo. i-ezl1,-bo-;ia i.i,rii'i.iilEpriri"viiXg. _ and lvlar-d.rl Il rrdradri .Kothagudem Districi -- 2. Bhukya R -r,; . D Rajeshwar Rro. SloChltru, age J alrout 33 years, Occ. Agricurtrrre r'' c"charidru ftranoi-ret ja"paiiy virr"gu ancr Ma rdar'Bhadradrr KothagLrrte ,,, )isrrict nesponoenisT F"iitioiur" i A.; ,;;;"_i&-;,," 3 rhe statr: r;r r:ranqana,, Ren .bv ,,, lf#?;,3.X11,X9t"?J,f L. ,n or ro,. tr," ' :"R;$;;"rU State rn roth t A Nos. 3 --era'rryrnai at HyoeiaoJo'" State of and 4 of 202!t l.A. No. 3 of 202.5 Petition under ll_.ction 359 (6) R/w. Sec. 52g of B,\SS pra /ing that in the circumstances st rtr' cr rn the Memoiand* oi cr*nos of crimin,rr petition, the court m ?! r) r pteased to permit in"- futition","/Resoc ndents/defacto !10h , complatnant . !o r ompound the offence Regrs;tere d ,gri"ri''1f.,," respondents/pe)l ition e r s/accused 1 and 2 under section :i1g(.1) 311(2) r/w. 3(5) BNS, 19(a) seed: lrct in crime No. 'r4 of zozs o" tr,L fire cf tie p,i. 'i"*rirp"irv, Bhadradri - Kctlt;trTudem and quash the proceredirrgs against the respondents/pert iti :: rr : r,;/accused 1 and i herein. l.A. NO:4 OF 202:5 Petition u nr jer .,lection 3Sg (2) R/w. 528 of BNS;S p rayir rg that in the circumstances slaleri n the Memoraniu, of CiornOs of Cririne I petition, the High court ma)/ 'r ,reased. to- re^cord *,. .o.p..*ise in .rl.p.Ncr. 1gg4 of 2025 and quash the cri,,re \o 14 of 2025 on tfre fitJoiitre p.S Tek.rlap,ri,, ehla?rOri Kothagudem Drstrr,;r reorstered under section 5ta1+y 351(2) rtr,t 3{ l) BNS, .lg(a) Seeds Act agair)r;t rh,' rJsOonO.nrS /petitioners/accused 1 arrd 2 This Petjt on r),) ning on for hearing,upon perusing the l\4e morandum ot Grounds of Crjn nr. I petition and upon hearing the rrgumen is of Sri A. PRABHAKAR Rr\(). 4,11v6631e for the petitioner rn ca. petition anc Respondent Nos"l and 2 in l. A. rrr :'r; 3 and 4 0f 2025 and the pubric prosecuto . on beharf of the Respondent rrlc 1 rr crr. petition and Respondent No. 3 in r.A.N.s. 3 and 4 0f 2025 and of sri r'1. 1r\\rU, Advocate for the Respondent No 2 ir (l I.petition and Petitioner in l.A.Nol. ll arnd 4 of 2O2S The Court made the fclNowing COMMON ORDER -w I I I I i i I I I I i I : I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.Nos.3 AN D 4U^F 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL P ETITIO N No.1984 0F 2025 COMMON ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS' 2023')' seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioners in Crime No'14 of 2025 ofTekulapalli Police Station, Bhadradri-Kothagudem District

2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos '1 and 2 in the Crime registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4)' 351(2) read with Section 3 (5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ' 2023 and Section 19(a) of the Seeds Act, 1966

3. Heard tvlr.A. Prabhakar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners' Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor' representing the respondent No 1-State and lvlr'Ramu Nallamothu' learnedcounselfortherespondentNo.2/de-facfocomplainant

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromlse and, accordingly, they moved lA Nos 3 and 4 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos l and 2 in Crime No 14 of 2025. I I 2 -!=!-rxTrFisrE&F* " ,:,;r:' \ \7Ri . r ,,t. , t ol 202i it/and '. .t . i) \'0. t984 o/ 2025 a;. _ \t'. 5 Thir; ')r:Lrrt vide order dated 27-02.2025 reft:rrer, th. parties to the High courl -r (lirr services committee for identificatiol ar d to verify the voluntariness r arriving the setflement. The Secrertary Hilyh Court Legal Services ocn-rrrttee' has submitted report dated 10 0:r 20.25 stating that the partierr; w,:r.: identrfied by their respective :ou,sel and also on verification of r\;rdhar cards/rdentity cards and the .nqu iries reveared that the c;rrtre s; have willfully and without coercron entered into settleme nl/co nrp romise

6. I have r;:r sidered the submissions of the learred counsel and perused the , r"rah: -ials on record. T Having or:rrs;idered the ailegations, the chargerj ofrenc,rs and taking into accoun tht, amicabre setrement between the partir;s a rd to restore peace amo.g the rn. in the right of the dictums in Gietn s.ingh v. Sfate of Punjab anc! anc,therl and Anil Mishra y. State of L).F,.2; Sfate of Madhya praoesh v, Laxmi Narayan and others3, this co',rl is of the considered vie,.rr trat quashment of the impugned proceedin(rs in view of the set'eme':rrt b) sxercising jurisdiction under Sectiorr 482 Cr p.c.t52g of BNSS, 2023. ,vr c.rld be in the interest of justice. I I 12012 (10) Scr: 3l: ' 2oz4 INSC 189 3 zots 1sy scc os: .. I i I iI 3 N fn'l I. t1.Nor-) atdI oi2()2i in/a Cr/.1'.ho.l 9E'l of 202 5 B. Accordingly, I A Nos 3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed Consequently' all proceedings in Crime No 14 of 2025 of Tekulapally Police Station' Bhadradri-Kothagudem District, ate hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused Nos '1 and 2. o ln the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of' Pending miscellaneous applications' if any' shall stand closed //TRUE COPY// SD/- T. JAYASREE EPUTY REGISTRAR SECTION OFFICER adradri Kothagudem Kothaqudem District' To 'i] rn" luai"irl First class Magistrate at Yellandu' ,. ?i=.titli,." House officer , Tekurapary porice starion, Bhadradri- 3. ?;;'a9c;6'iliri" Fi"t""utor' Hish Court of for the state of relangana' 4. 6;;'Cc'6-Bii. a.'pnneHAKAR RAo' Advocate [oPUc] 5. One CC to Sri N. Ramu, Advocate (OPUC) 6. Two CD CoPies At Hvderabad (OUT) ( along with a copy of Joint memo of compromise) 4/ \E',-@! "'&: \ ':1:::.-. \ l rtE S I,t ,. oB k J o o 7. 01 Jut XH (' z C , 9e .S r).,1T t_ <\, /, /'l HIGH COURT DATED:13/03/2C,2f COMMON ORDER t.A. NOS. 3 AND 4 t)F 2025 IN CRL.PETITION No.'1,184 of 2025 g/z 4{ ALLOWI(}N lLlll I ,\ rOS. i Ar,wD 4 OF 202-5 AND DISPOSIN(i (.II- .I{t- CRI,.PET|]-ION. I I I l i i I I I i i 1 I i l l j MEMOBANDUM OF CRL. PETITION (UNDER SECTION 528 of BNSS) IN TEE HIGH COURTT'OR TM STATE Or'iPT,NVCANA AT I.A. NO. ERABAI) oB 2025 BETWEEN: Crl.P.No. 1984 of 2025 Korra Mangilal S/o. Swamy, Aged about 30 years, occ: Agriculture R/o.Gopya Thanda, Tekulapafly mandal, BhadradriKothagudem districl.. And .. Petitioner/ 2'dRespondent\Complainant l. Lakkineni Surender @ Surrender Rao S/o. Sri. Venkateshwar Rao Aged about 57 years, Occ: president Wo.l-8711, Board Road, Tekulapally Village and Mandal Bhadradri - Kothagudem District

2. Bhukya Raja @ Rajeshwar Rao S/o.Chatru, aged about 33 years, Occ: Agriculture, R io.Chandru Thanda Tekulapally Village and Mandal Bhadradri - Kothagudem District 3 The State of Telangana, . . . Respondents/petitioners/ Accused- I & 2 Rep. by its Public prosecutor High Court of for the State of Telangana, At Hyderabad. JOINT MEMo .. .RespondenVState

1. It is submitted that on the report given by the 2"d respondent a case in Crime No.1412025 was registered under Sections 31g(4) 351(2) R/W. 3(5) BNS, l9(a) Seeds Act and the same is pending on the file of P. S. Tekulapally, Bhadradri Kothagudem district . L. .,:xfit.la \1 \ Ir: is sl tunitted that the petitioners 7 atd2 are flo rr'av r'oflc€fl1od

2. the matter o1 rirrpply of Maize male and female seeds to the 2' but report !\ias gi\ e 1 against the and othr:rt \\ l lo are named in the report petitionilr I I :rcl 2 art the instance of local leaders 'lf piu!. n powet due to politrc ri r'rilsons Those seeds were supplied by the se :d producing compar lt s respondent j ' 3 Ir is :,rLbmitted that on the intervention of ekters sand weli wishers Jes the 2nd respondent stated before tht: el lers that the i.re no way concemed with the supp tv cf se:d to the 2od iurd the persons named in the FIR Tre elde rr alier hearing aCvised the 2nd respondent to take steps tbr clos rre of the FIR i.prainst the petitioners 1 and 2 ' Hcnce thi; compromise I lsd. of both st p etitic,r're rs responCent Oo15 srdr:s regist.erre d petitlon i.s Itilsubmittedthatthepetitioners/defacto()omflainantatthe interventirrrr of elders and well 'wishers and friends 1le r latter has been comprcm sed between them' Hence the both partres came to compromise 'ntht'.tbtn,r:Crl.P'No.1984of2025againstCrimeNo.14of2025on the llte oiI'.S Tekulapally' Bhadradri-Kothagudt:m Cistri :t and both the oarli:s hlve no claims or rights against each otht:r in futr re t-'i.-r-^tu.4u11"'-'- (tr (. lLn ResPo JAILOR DISTRICT JAIL KHAItrMAftt nd en ts/Petitioners/AccuSed 1&2 4,. Petitioner, R2I)eta ;to complainant Cot nl;el 1 Respontk nts/P etitioners Accusedl&2 Counsel lor Petitioner /R2i def Lctd-complainant O ,\ W. , i I I I ! t I I I 5 I I i I I i I I I i I gdroaod t;D{-EE 65tuilP/iI: r5l07l1e ffis/LrH.rE :r,: : /ti}38 €ri6 9*94 ;u'eeQ'6 , N'6) o v .,"* .'Zir\: iF6 a(,rrEfi s/O +jsix). tG17 ilo^)sit Ak Adxrsq. a;s)ao, .to1i1::dr sozror l*- S.O sa{,k re17. SHlr$t|tna$ll)€aa- IEOlqfrLU, xh.Er'rn, Ir& Pc,d.6,r sq710t :..' ... ,3*8 ,fi,66 Oztlx 1',7 I B t*cct l.r* | @ **,re.ig-.i" i;

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