The High Court · 2025

Smt. Boini Shireesha, D/o. Srinu Boini, Aged about- 27 years, occ- House wife, illj. pj"i ilJ Saroornagr, Ranga ReddY ...Petitioner/Respondent No.2/De-facto-complainant in I'A No'2 and 3 of 2025 And

1. M.Madhusudhan Reddy, S/o Surencer Reddy' Aged about- 37 years' occ- Businesi"ilJ. ti ruo. +-ir eLp officij'R5ad' Near- Yashoda CriO.ns, Kukatpally, Tirumalghiri, Hyderabad-2' ...Petitioner/Accused in l.A No'2 and 3 of 2025

2. The State of Telangana, Rep by its-Public Prosecutor' High Court Building' - Hyderabad.. Through SHO, P S L'B Nagar . . . RespondenUComplainant l.A No'2 and 3 of 2025 Petition under Section 359 of BNSS Riw Sec 538 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition'the iigh Cortt may be pleased to permit the Petitioner/2nd Respondent to file an to iompound the proceedings in the SC No 3o3 of 2022 on the file oi'tne Hon'Ote Xlll Add. Disirict Judge, Ranga Reddy at L.B. Nagar for the "pifi"rtion Off"n." U/s. 376(2)(n), 417, qgZ, 342, 506 of IPC against the Petitioner/Accused. I.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Petition under Section 359 of BNSS R/w'Sec 538 of BNSS prayrng that in thecircumstancesstatedintheMemorandumofGroundsofCriminalPetition' ih; Hisli Corrt ,ay be pleased to record the compromise in Crl P No of 2025 oJ".r, the proceedings in SC. No. 303 of 2022 on the fite of the Hon'ble Xlll Aool. oi.tri"t court at L.B. Nagar against the petitioner/Accused by compounding "no thl Offence under Section U/s-. 376(2)(n), 417,493' 342' 506 of IPC' This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of GroundsofCriminalPetitionanduponhearingtheargumentsofSriABDUL WAHlDBASHA,AdvocateforthePetitionerandMr.JithenderRaoVeerama|la, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri Mr.Mogili Anaveni, Advocate for the Respondent No 2' The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER wr.rt" THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.Nos.2 AND 3 OF 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITION No.2876 OF 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 petitioner/accused in S.C.No.303 of 2022, on the file of the Xlll Additional District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, at L.B.Nagar.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused in the Sessions Case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(n), 417, 493, 342 and 506 of lndian Penal Code, 1860 I l Il

3. Heard Mr.Abdul Wahid Basha, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the respondent No.1-State and t\4r.N4ogili Anaveni, learned counsel for the respondent No.2/de-faclo complainant

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accordingly, they moved l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 202.5 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in S.C.No.303 of .2022 2 .\lR/ I-A.Nat.2 ard ) oJ'202 i it/ and Lrl.P.No.2876 of 2025 .- -lstH\:*j.'-. .;: \, \

5. This court vide order dated 03.03.2025 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 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 settlemenUcomPromi se.

6. I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel and perused the materials on record. T.Theaccusationsagainstthepetitioner/accusedinthePoliceReport arethatthepetitioner/accusedhaddevelopedacquaintancewiththe respondent No.2tde-facto complainant and on 26 09'2018 by inducing her that he is unmarried and would marry her, sexually exploited and cohabitated with her for a period of five months and thereafter, when she questioned about marriage, he started threatening her with dire consequences. Having considered the allegations' the charged offences and 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 Anil Mishra v. State of lJ'P'2; Stafe of Madhya 12012 (10) SCC 303 i I I ! i I I I I ! I I l I I I i I I Ii I ." :'/ To, 1 2 3 4 5 3 Nl-ru I-4.N0t.2 and I of 2025 in/ and Cr/.P.No.2876 of 2025 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.t52g of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice.

8. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed. Consequenfly, all proceedings in S.c.No.303 of 2022, on the fire of the Xilr Additionar District Judge, Ranga Reddy District, at L.B.Nagar, are hereby quashed against the petitioner/accused. 9 ln the above terms, the Criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed //TRUE COPY// SD/. MOHD. ISMAIL DEPUTY RE ISTRAR SEC OFFICER The II Additional Metropolitan Matgistrate, Cyberabad at LB Nagar The Station House Officer, LB Nagar police Station, Rachakonda. One CC to Sri Abdul Wahid Basha, Advocate tOpUCl Two CCs to the public prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana, at Hyderabad (OUT) Two CD Copies GSA/gh (Along with a copy of Joint Memorandum) HIGH COURT DATED:17 t0412025 COMMON ORDER r.A NOS.2 AND 3 0F 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.2876 of 2025 (k ( g '1.) .4r'' . . ./'tc?' '" ,::jL,-\ ,.. a: ,', -) ,l() ',lu i.. \\:-, -t r'1 \.,,\. 0 3 sEP 2025 \ ,./ ALLOWING THE I.A NOS.2 AND 3 OF 2025 I I ! I I I I i t i I i I l : I I I I I t I I I i I I I I i i i i I I ,. :i' i1 .l ,...: a.' IN 'lllE-MO.MND-AUiltr MINAL,Pfi{-glQ N.,,.. .;ii. - ,r.1 i;r,r. tr; ...t ,.t ',1a, iI.A. No... CRL.P.NO. 'r -. .'l l..rt -.1, of 2025 i:lr' r r oF202s AGAINST SC. No. 303 of 2022 e XIII Addl. District Judge, Ranga Nagar) Reddy,at,LlB. . (On the -file,of thdHon,bl B tween: itr1!x{iT,fl'*:i''J:;'':1'3i;", _liiilrl-, Ve^era Reddy Colony, Itngo.;tguda, Saroornagr, Ranga Reddv. .]r i\ i:f ' .....peiitioner/iiesplrvo.zlDe.facto_Comprainant. AND Rq(dy, ffi,;,qm";k{f;f.,,';:::'::', The State of Telanqana. Iig lV Ils-l rnrough SHO, p.S. L.B. Nagar ts pubtic p-rosecutor, C?rl Buitdins, Hyderabad., JOI .....Petitioner/Accused. I ,} M Respondent/Complaina nt o It is submitted . that the PetitigiieJiioe+acto- int4tinfion of elde amicably setUed the dispute at the Complainant,.,have rs and well wish'ers .arl ::j' . i:1. l d and the family meinbers tand,ttielmi them. Hence .the bo,!!;Pg1!€!: auash the proceedi ngs a ai.nst-the p of 2o22 on the file oflih fbl€i XII at L.B. Nagar and pass such other order ororders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. s e rHi:r:i 'l ,, .t r'- fbinirbo betr,veen,'':iffi ( f].st,;-,'"q 2ndRespondent Place: Hyderabad, Dated: -OZ-2025 t I I I (")'\ ( Petitioner./Accused . 1:.. ,',.1 r -l; . n-' c/ \)< ,\t , ',Counsel for the 2,9ps5p16. f Counsel cdused ,, l i t. .i;. '. i '1- ',] -rti; . I ., a j l