The High Court · 2025

Garlapati B_alakristrna, S/o. Subramanyam Garlapati, Aged 51 years, Occ. Business..R/o.-H.No. 5-157, !eh1q Nq ar, poticd Statioi Road, Baputapadu, Krishna Dist., Andhra Pradesh - 52110-5. Kandlagunta VgmghilKlighna, S/o K Srinivasa Rao, Aged 30 years, Occ. Business. R:/o. 61-14-_711B, Siva Sankar Road, S.R. Con'vent, iamalingeswara Nagar, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh - 520010. ...RespondenUAccused Nos.1 &2 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 quash the proceedings in FIR No. 29 of 2025 of Raidlrgam police Station, Cyberabad against the Accused Nos.'l and 2. l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Petitioh under Section 359r/w 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petition,the High court may be pleased to record the compromise entered into by the parties in FIR No 29 of 2025 of .porice station Raidurgam, cyberabad and quash the proceedings against the Respondent Nos.2 and-3/Accused Nos..1 and 2 in FIR No 29 of 2025 of Raidurgam porice station, cyberabad in the interest of justrce l.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under section 492 of cr.p.c praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminar'pitition,the Hign cor.t ;ly ou pleased to permit the petrtioner/De-facto comprainant to compound the offence with the Respondent Nos.2 and 3/Accused Nos.1 and 2 by ariowing tn" pr".unt crimrnal petition by quashing proceedings against the Accused Nos.1 and 2 in FIR No. 29 of 2025 of Raidurgam police StationlCyberabad. This Petition coming on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminar petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri NAGA RAJA cHATTANYA VONGAVOLU for the petitioner/de-facto compraints,Mr Jitender Rao Veeramalla Additionar pubric prosecutor on beharf of the Respondent No. r - State and Mr syed Arif Basha couNSEL FoR THE Respondent No. 2 AND 3r ACCUSED Nos land 2 The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.Nos.2 AND 3 OF 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITION No.2412OF 2o2s COMMON ORDER This Criminal Petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS, 2023') and the lnterlocutory Applications are filed by the petitioneride-facfo complainant with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the respondent Nos.2 and 3/accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.29 of 2025 o'f Raidurgam Police Station, Cyberabad Commigsionerate

2. The respondent Nos.2 and 3 are arrayed as accused Nos.1 and 2 in the Crime registered for the offences punishable under Sections 329(4), 352,79 read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short'BNS, 2023').

3. Heard Ms. V.N.R.Chaitanya, learned counsel for the petitioner/ de-facto complainant, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent No.'l-State and Mr.Syed Arif Basha, learned counsel for the respondent Nos.2 and 3/accused Nos.1 and 2

4. This Court vide order dated 06.03.2025 referred the parties to the High Court Legal Services Committee for identification and to verify the 2 NlR./ I-.1.1',0:.2 and ) o1 2025 t,r/.P.N0.2112 o[ 202 i voluntariness in arriving the settlement. The Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, has submitted report dated 12.03.2025 stating that the parties were identified by their respective counsel and also on verification of Aadhar Cards/ldentity Cards and the enquiries revealed that the parties have willfully and without coercion entered into settlemenVcomprom ise

5. I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel and perused the materials on record\

6. Having considered that the criminal petition is itself filed by the de-facto complainant, the nature of charged offences and the amicable settlement between the parties and to restore peace between the parties, in the light of the dictums in Gran Singh v. State of Punjab and anotherl and Anit Mishra v. Stafe of lt.P.2; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others3, this Court is of the considered view that quashment of the impugned proceedings in view of the settlement by exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C.1528 of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice.

7. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, all the proceedings in Crime No.29 of 2025 of Raidurgam Police Station, | 2012 (10) SCC 303 2 zo2+ It'lsc t89 3 2019 (s) scc 688 7 3 Nn(J

1...1.X0r2 and ) oJ 2025 u/d Cr/.P.No.211? oj 202i Cyberabad Commissionerate, are hereby quashed against the respondent Nos.2 and 3/accused Nos.1 and 2. B. ln the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed SD/.A.SREENIVASA REDDY TANT REGISTRAR To, //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER

1. HONBLE XIII JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS. 2. fheStation House Ofticei,Ps.Raidurgam,Cyberbad 3 One CC to SRl. NAGA RAJA CHAITANYA VONGAVOLU Advocate IOPUCI 4 Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad (OUT) 5. Two CD Copies ry. GSA/PSL (Along with a copy olJoint Memorandum) .'l HIGH COURT DATED:1710312025 COMMON ORDER t.A NO S.2 AND 3 0F 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.2412 of 2025 SEH1 Tt Rc 0 4 rlJE 2u5 .n I i! /, .,,.. , ... .,) 0 ,* f) DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION AND ALLOWING t.A NOS.2 AND 3 0F 2025 1 r INTHEHIGHcoURIiEoRIH.Ed,gI:4iEErPFi,TF!4NFa0{4iArHYqEB+9,AD , :r',r,i,rni.:,r'i 1*4$r'it'iiAii,, : |. ' t,, , i Crl.P. No, 1:r;.r,..':ri1;1ri6: i r1: i -,:l{b , Ct ?.4?5 Between: Smt. Munivara Naveena, Wo. Divakar Raju, Aged 30 years, Occ: Housewife, Rlo. #90L, Block No.9, My Home Krushi, . Gachibowli, Hyderabad. 1 , ii '. .t !/,--. ... Petitioner/Ee.facto Complainant I And-' The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor High Court for the State of Telangana, At Hyderabad. Garlapati Balakrishna, S/o. Subramanyam Garlapati, Aged 51 years, Occ: Business, .. , ,,,, j.zr.::i..r.\i. l, R/o. H.No. 5-157, Nehru Nagar, Police,StatiqliBpgQ,. Bapulapadu, Krishna Dist., Andhra Pradesh ";;51;1. l0S. i/...) '. ... flespondent/Complaina nt ,r: !.-.ii '':: ...': 1 2 3 Kandlagunta Vamshi Krishna, S/o. K. Srinivasa Rao, Aged 30 years, Occ: Business R/o. #67-74-7/18, Siva Sankar Road, I i' .l!,r'l ;r .: I .{ -,.i. It is submitted that the Nos.2 & 3/Accused Nos.1 & 2 is filing the as against the Respondent Nos.2 & 3 herein / dispute between them is settled out of Cou wishers. In view of said settlement, the to proceed with the case against the accusp-d sed Nes.1 & 2 nt al-oJ]g.Wjth, the Begponqen! tq cgnnou nd the gff-ences Crim! lal fstitign as rthg.matter t the interu.gntion of their well- Cpmplainant does not.want t i I i ;r:rl I a"::/ Hence,.it :is praydd,,that -thii ,Hori,b.lei',.!uffi-o:nll..F,..9+gl]. ,"rT]: *" Petitioner/De-facto Complainan!.to 'cempound Sn$r5ti',gg"'ise the offencegl with the Respondent Nos.2 & 3/Accused Nos.1 & 2 by a.l6vYhg'riqiCrirninal Petition byiquashing FIR No. 29 of 2025 of Raidurgam potice Station, cyb'a*tjt;idipass such other order or orders as this Honble court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case' Place: Hyderabad Date: I f-.02.2025 Petitio e-facto mplainant Coungel..f -or, Petltioner/De:facto Cgmplqi nant Reqpo nti No i:i' J lr,r - l' 31Accu99d Nq'f. Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 & 3/Accused Nos' 1 & 2:' t(. d.:- I l .:-, .i );.. nJ ,.fi ''.rtY:;i :t $.! '- tafl J:. i +:,, , ir-.li li: .r ::.1.i 1. : (l r1,..r;|1,f cr. .lii{lIi: - - i : ,i ,1...'.llli1il i ,,,.*l ; .rj'iilit: i : , i:0t4 t\',.. '''ii:t't;!GE r:,lil L*.,!ri t. . ,:: .JI - : . :{ir,i ,t,;.'.,,i'i.' t:ril ,,-i',:',