High Court · 2025

S2B of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds or criminfi petition, the High court may be pleased to quash the p.roceedings in CC No. S 25312024 Uisec. 498_4, 323, 199:llp c,and 3(1), 4 antd,6(2) orbp. e"t o, inJne ottre Honorabre xvAddr. chief Metroporitan Magistrate at iryoeraual, the petitioners/Accused No. 1-7 . - "g;in1i l.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 9It 9l,glLy_, Taskin, WoJvlohd [yas, Age _28 years, Occ_ House wife, Rio H.No 19-3-203/68, Achi Reddy Nabar, ftiwabt"O r'rii" ,'rilir;i,-,rr. iililrri;;: i; Petitoner /Respondent No.2/De-Facto complaint in r.A.Nos 1 AND 2 oF 2o2s Mohd llyas. S/o t\/ohd Munawar, Age- 36 years. Occ_ pvt emplovee. R/o Achi neoov' riinai N;;; 5# rii"t,,"FXrl,iit,i',1 Hil:;J:;:r'33/68, Bi":!:{i.',8_:.1!ii.%I%il,i,H"y,y[,^[1Ll'_.",,?1,€$'^3,i,:;p3l1??#3 Hyderabad, TS. (petitioners^ t anJ'Z ffi'by_ til;;;*"d eutubuddin S/o. Mohammed Muidebuddin aggJ aollr-i","6""'.1"pfi ' rrptoyee, R/o l9_2_ 24 t D t 30, Ati B ash, ruew ndaal ra r, r-",i.i, ivi"",:J, jj ilf i:,".#,'.rgifr uo'"#SiiyJJ;Khifl .i,"iliis??iilxllTlxlifu ,T1l Hyderabad, TS. Mahjabeen Bequm. Wo Mohammed eutubuddin @ Baktiyar, Age_ 40 years, occ- House wife, R/o g ruo ta_z_s7atq li"l#iYf 'Fr,r*nrr", Hyderabad. Afreen Beoum, W/o. Mohammed Jaffer n@ Mohd Jatter. Age_ 35 vrs. Occ_ 53ffi3, yg" R/o H No a4s_iinii, $:.ilil;;: H,r,iijij",i",riv-, H_'i Amreen Begum, Wo Mohammed Kareem Khan, @ Kareem Khan Age_ 32 yrs i s- i -I7i' c=n'i"'r'n ip "a, oooio n nooJvri 3;'f; ;.X'?1?3 ffiti;,#, ol f. Kareem K[an @ Mohammed Karim Khan, S/o. Mohammed Sharif Khan, Age_ *" H t\o r s- i -i z5' ciaia tn ipu ra, oooa n n'ooilri, 3:,#3,1'-ff : rf,,5"?ffi:l?d H t'ro - petitioners/Accused 1 _7 AND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AND The State of Telanoana. Rep by its public prosecutors, High Court ay Hyderabad for The State of Teiangana RespondenURespondent in I.A.NOS 1 AND 2 OF 2O2S p ^of Petition under Section 528 RivV 359 RNSS praving that in the circumstances stated in d;'i\d;;;;ium of Grounds of criminal Petition'tne ;ifi ;;;;,ybep,"3:"13;*:i:i[?t#:",11;:;"'":ti'i:{'it?.,ii:ts"' -ruetropoiitln Magistrate at intc.No 525312024 ulse Act on the fite of the n"'""-rJ,"'iv-noar cnief Hyderabad and be pleasedlo p'st in the interest of justice' r.A. NO:'l oF 2025 Petition under Section 482 of Cr.P C Praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Crimin al Petition,the His h Court maY be etitioner/ResPonden t No.2/Defacto C omplainant to the Defacto leased to Permit this ComPound the offence and compromise the comPlaint of ComPlainanUResPondent no .2 in CC.No. 5253/2 024 U/sec. 498-A, 323, 506 of LP c, and 3(1), 4 86 6(2)of DP. Act on the file of the Hon'ble XV Addl. Chief MetroPolitan Magi strate at HYderabad as the Petitioner and ResPondent No.2/ Defacto Complain ant has ComPromised the maiter and withdrawing . the said comp laint, in vtew of the Settlement & ComP romise i.e. Memoran dum of ComP romise dated 17.O1 .2025 between the Petition ers and the ResPonde nt No.2 /Defacto ComPlaina nt in the interest of justice This Petition comlng on for hearing,upon Perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arg uments of Sri MOHD counsel for the P6titioners a nd Mr JITENDENDER MUSTAQ AHMED SIDDIOUI Rao Veeramalla Additional Public Prosecuto on behalf of the ResPondent No 1- State and Mr Mohd Hamed of learned counel for the resPondent No.2/de-facto P comPlainant The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER -:i HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI I.A.N os.1AND2OF 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITION No .2716 0F 2025 coM MON ORDER This Criminal petition is filed under Section Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (tor short ,BNSS, 2023'), seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioners in c.c.No.5253 0f 2024, on the file of the learned XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad 528 of Bharatiya

2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 7 in the Calendar case registered for the offences punishabre under Sections 4gg_A, 323, 506 of the lndian penat Code, 1860 and Sections 3(1), and 6(2) of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 196.1

3. Heard tVlr.tvlohd. fr/ustaq Ahmed Siddiqui, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao veeramara, Iearned Additionar pubric Prosecutor, representing the respondent No..l_State and Mr.Mohd. Hamed, learned counsel for the respondent No.2/de_facfo complainant 4' Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accordingly, they moved l.A.Nos..l and 2 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the setflement {e --t quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7 in C.C.No 5253 of 2024.

2. NmJ l.A.Not.l and 2 o;f 2025 it/and CrlP No.2716 of 2025

5. This Court vlde order daled 27 '022025 referred the parties to the High Court Legal Services Committee for identification and to verify the voluntariness in arriving the settlement' The Secretary' High Court Legal ServicesCommittee,hassubmittedreportdated05.03.2025statingthat 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 settlemenUcomPromlse

6. I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel and perused the materials on record'

7. Having considered the allegations' the charged offences' which are essentially matrimonial and inter-personal in nature and taking into account the amicable settlement between the parties and to restore peace among them, in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh v' State of Puniab and anotherl and Anit Mishra v' State of lJ'P2i State of Madhya Pradesh v' Laxmi Narayan and others3' this Court is of the consideredViewthatquashmentoftheimpugnedproceedingsinviewof the settlement by exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr 'P 'C'1528 of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice' | 2012 (10) SCC 303 'z 2024 INSC 189 3 zo19 (s) scc 588 3 nrrR/ L:1.ittoi. t and2 af 202i in/ anrl Cr/.P.N0.27/6 of 2025

8. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 are ailowed. Consequenfly, all proceedings in C.C.No.52S3 of 2024, on the file of the learned XV Additional Chief Metropolitan .Vlagistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7. I To, In the above terms, lhe Criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed //TRUE COPY// Sd- S. MALLIKARJUNA RAO ASSISTANT REGISTRAR SE$ION OFFICER Zone,Hyderabad 1 XV Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad 2. The Stgtion House Officer ,Commisionaratg WomenpS South 3. One CC to SRt MOHD MUSTAQ AHMED StDDteUt Advocate tOpUCl t lff*".n1"(331)'o'" Prosecutor, Hish court for the state of rerangana, at

5. Two CD Copies GSA/gh (Along with a copy of .loint MemoranrJum) YY I ..: .: t I i I I HIGH COURT DATED:13 tO3t2O2S COMMON ORDER r.A NO S.1 AND 2 0F 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.2t16 of ZOZI _--a: /.1 -I f]'a S ,>,1 r(- o. { ! ,j) ,+ * 03 S:P 2025 .=,---._._- DISPOSING OF THE r.A NOS.1 AND 2 0F 2025 gLOPq F.. BiarE'!:&..:''4.'''"" IN THE HIGH COURT I.OR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD CRLP.No. .-illg oF 2o2s (CC.No. 525g12024 U/sec. 498-A, 323, 506 of I P'C' and 3(i)' a e'6pl of Dp. Acr on rhe file of the Hon',ble XV Addl. chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad) Against BETWDEN: l-Mohd llYas S/o Mohd Munawar, Age: 36 Years, Occ: Pvt emPloYee, RJo H.No: lg-3-2o3168, Achi Reddv Nabar, Nawab Sab Kunta, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, TS'

2.Shameem Begum D/o Mohd Munawar, Age: 60 Years, Occ: House wife, R/o H.No: lg-3-2o3168, Achi Reddy Nabar' Nawab Sab Kunta, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, TS' (Petitioners 1 & 2 Rep By: Mohammed Qutubuddin S/o Mohammcd i,lujeebuddin, Aged 46 years, Occ: Pvt Employee, Rlo lg-2-2a/Dl30' Ali New Road, Faluknuma, h)'derabad) "Bagh,

3. Nazneen Begum D / o Mohd Muna\\r ar, Age: 38 Yrs , occ : Pvt emPloYee, RJo H.No:19-3-203168, Achi Reddy Naba1, -- Nawab Sab Kunta, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, TS'

4.Mahjabeen Begum W/o Mohammed Qrltubuddin @ Baktiyar' Age: 40 Years, Occ: House wife, R/o H No. l8-2 57814 JangamPet, Falaknuma, HYderabad, TS'

5.Afree n Begum W/o. Mohammed Jaffer n@ Mohd Jaffer' Age: 35 Yrs, Occ: Housc wife, R/o H.No. 8-15-321 I 194, Shastripuram, MailardevPallY , R.R. District, TS'

6.Amrecn Begum W/o Mohammed Kareem Khan' @ Kareern Khan Age: 32 yrs Occ: House wife, R/ o. H. No. 19- | -27 3,ChatakniPura, Doodhhbowli, Bahadurpura, Hyderabad, TS'

7. Kareem Khan @ Mohammed Karim Khan, S/o. Mohammed Sharif Khan, Age: 38 years, Occ: pvt employee, R/o H.No.19-1-273, Chataknipura,Doodhhbowli, Bahadurpura, Hyderabad, TS. AND { \

1.The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutors, High Court ay Hyderabad for The State of Telangana

2. Smt. Shafiya Taskin W/o Mohd I1yas, Age :28 years, Occ: House wife, R/o H.No. 19-3-203168, Achi Reddy Nabar, Nawab Sab Kunta , Falaknuma, Hyderabad, TS. . .. Respondents JOINT MEMO FILED BY THE PETITIONER's/ ACCUSED 1&3 & RESPONDENT No.2lDEFACTO COMPLAINANT May it please your Honour. It is respectfully submitted that the petitioners/Accused No.1&3 and Respondent No.2/Defacto complainant rcsolved their differences and settled the matter amicably forever and have executed a Memorandum of Compromise dated lT.Ol.2O2S and the Respondent No.2/Defacto Complainant agreed to withdraw her complainant in No. and the same may be Quashed in terms ol the above said Memorandum of Compromise in the interest of jr-151i6" Hence this Memo. DATE: _-01-2025 Hyderabad trto \\ () .,.$^,.i,i,4' $g--.- n,l4r[-^-, o]::r.1 ,qjt't - .') .. L-L'- / i1-4- (t Petitioners/Accused No.1 - 7 Respondent No.2/ Defacto Complainant Counsel for the Petitioners/ Accused No. 1-7 Counsel for the Respondent Defacto Complainant o.2/