State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others

petition under Section 528 of BNSS prayilg that in the..9il"tlnt9T:t the High Court may stated in the Memorandu*? 6l-ounOt of be oleased to Quash th" ;t;;;;;-'-in Cc No 22.35t2o25 on the file of the vl Additionar Judiciar rr,l"gi.irrjl"li"riist crass at LB.Nasar Medchar-Matkajgiri District. -C-riminat^petition' i I i I l.A. NO:'t oF 2025 Petition und( r Section .528 of BNSS praying that in the ,lircumstances stated in the rhe riigh court may be pteased to 3rarr a stav of alt furtner prJc;;;;; in ,l c ,o i,23sr2025, on the fite of the Vr 'rdcrtionar Judiciar r,rrlgirtrr; Ji Firsr c ass at LB Nagar. lrledchal-lvlalkaJgrrr I ) sl rict. andum of Grounds or-cri[-,'in"i 'p"tition, 'llemo l.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 BETWEEN: :Tt_Amprlu D:epthi, Wo. Dunn^a Jagannatham, Aged ab,)pt :1 years, Occ Hrrvate trnplc\ee R/o H No. t-Z+-llAt1ii,-flit'("lai: ritrdlru Sairam Ig?19:.:t,^y :.rnrip_trri Cotony, virrra o""ri rujt"ilrrltl]rrir;i.i, r,/,rdchar Lrrstr,ct -51004 ' (l c.) ... petitioner/2nd Respondent in l.A.Nos i>. & 3 ot 2025 AND 1 2 3 4 fr*lntlilx;Srffi :9,;?ru,".rTts:r+#f 's:il j:z,.Tl,$*r ;:*:"iif.1[ffir.?"i,]*T s/o.r(rishna Murthy, Age-d arrcut 5z ye s.ir.,r,'rrr"i'nilriii':iriru5iXtf'" Baruva Virrise :j.m:r.ri Smt Dunn,r Hel ravathi. Wo. Adinarayana Rao, Ageci ab,)u: l;3 years, Occ S.9#ff ,#'"rlli,li%.;2u r.ry;-R6' B ;,,;; " ilif,;; s.,, n,e ti Jvr"j niJl ;:r?:"T"il'61,',[J'T'',t'" Adinaravana Rao Aged aLo,rt ]{ivears occ srrKakutam Drstr ct ._ S3226,a*) R/o. Baruva Villige S;c rn1 ,e tJ [/;;;[ ars, Occ It4andal, " ...Respondents/petitioners/Accused No.l to 4 in LA.No*;. lt. & 3 ol 2O2S 5 The State cf Teti noana, tllo..ugh SHO, W.p.S. UppAL, Rep Ly t,r-btic "i prosecutor. Higlr ciurt sriiJin"gs irio.irolo' Petition unde r Sr: rtion 35€ (6) ...RespondenURespondents in l.A.Nos.2 [l 3 of 2025 .BNSS praying that in th,_. ci cumstances stated in the Menrora, ium of Grounds or cri?nil"1 'petition. the ,ig.r court may be pleased to permrt r re petitioner/rurponouni nl.2 ,o .orpro,n se t re case in cc No. 2235 of 202,r on the fire of vr eoJiiion-ri Judiciai Mergist.ate of First Ctass, at LB Nacar, t\/edchal_Matk"Jgiii-'6i.tri"t fited a;irinst the petitioners/a ccuse d No .l to 4. i I I I t.A. NO:30F 2025 Petition under Section 359(2) R/W 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in d;';t/#;';;um of crounas of Criminal Petition' the Hioh Court may be pleased to record compromise and Quash the CC No 2235 .ivr naiition'iJuoi"i'r rilagistrate or First class' at LB Nagar' ;;?;;;;;i;;iir" Medchal-Malkatgiri oistrictiegj;;';;;;t; Lilt as' 351 BNS and 3 & 4 DP Act against the petitioners/,"t';;JtJ ;quitting the petitioners/accused No 1 and 4 aI the matter is compromised between the parties This Petition coming on for hearing, ,pon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminar pefittn and upon hearing the arguments of sri Varanasi Ramesh Babu, Advocate for the Petitioners and the Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No '1 and Sri S-surendra Kumar, Advocate for the Respondent No 2' The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER *7 I THI: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUK,ARII.[4JI l.A.Nos. 2AN D 3 0F 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITI ON No .3446 AF 2025 COMMON OFIi)ER l',2t1 of Bharatiya This Crininal petition is filed under Section Nagarik Siuraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ,BNSS. 2,)ll3'), seeking quashment of tte proceedings against the petitioners in il C. No.2235 of 2024, on tre fil: of the rearned Vr Additionar Judiciar rVrag strate of First Class, at L B Ni gar, l\rledchal_tVlalkajgiri District.

2. The cetiti )ners are arrayed as accused Nos. r to 4 in tre carendar Case regis lere,t ior the offences punishable under Section s 85, 35.1 of Bharatiya tJya!,ir -Sanhita, ZOZ3 (for short ,BNS, 2023,) ,rd Sections 3 I i and 4 of the Dov,ry prohrbition Act. .,I961

3. Hearrl l\l r \/. Ramesh Babu, learned counsel l\4r,Jithende- R; c Veeramalla, learned Additionar Pub lic Drosecutor, representinc the respondent No. 1_State and tvlr S Su_er.dra Kumar, Iearned counsel f rr lhe respondent No.2/de_facfo contpla nan:. for thr,: petitioners,

4. Pendi,g .. s petition. the parties have entered into ilre :r>mpromise and, accordirgly they moved l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 witr trre prayer to permit them to er ter into compromise and by recording thr: sellement to quash the procel,:dings against the petitioners/accLrsed \cs.1 to 4 in .C.C.No.2235 oi 2(t?4. 2 NTRJ I 4-Not.2 and ) 0f2025 in/unL Crl.P'No 1416 012025

5. This Court vide order dated 1103'2025 referred the parties to the HighCourtLegalservicescommitteeforidentificationandtoverifythe voluntariness in arriving the settlement The Secretary' High Court Legal Services Committee, has submitted report dated 18.032025 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 settlemenUcom Promlse

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 Gran Singh v' State of Puniab and anotherl and Anil Mishra v' State of tJ'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 thesettlementbyexercisingjurisdictionunderSection4S2Cr.P.C.lS2Sof .$NSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice' | 2012 (10) scc 303 '? zoz4 INSC 189 ' zors 1s; Scc oea I I l i I I t I I w l I. L l i \ i I To, 1 2 J 4 5 6. r' NVB/gh 3 NrR:/ r I \,.,. ' tt l ) u! 2025 in/trtrt/ t ri.l .lit. )tt6 of 2025 B. Acconjingl / I A.Nos.2 and 3 of ZO2S are allowed C,rnsequenfly, all proceedrr gs ir c c.No.223s ot 2024, pending on the f l(l o,' r he learned Vl Additional .lucicial l\rlagistrate of First Class, at t_.B t,lirg;,rr, l\4edchal_ IVlalkajgiri Districi are hereby quashed against the petitione-s/accused Nos.'1 to 4. o In the :rbor,,c terms, the Criminal petition is disposeci of. Pending mi:,cellaneous applications, if any, shall stanl r.losed. //TRUE COPYII D+ STI/- N. SRIHARI UIY I?EGISTRAR .tSECT ON OFFICER \ I I I Metropotitan Masistrate, MedchatVarkajs ri Di,;t.ict Uppatat I.!"(jey',,""e lhe S-tatior Horr ;e r]fficer. {r.*,. uj [ ;ix,E?:,Hff :,i3ll.3i?,3i #3,.113 ?; q pff ff i8;iii( i i Bi5,ftH:,3ity;A*i.5;.,,9o,., : I 3: L,, I l i i a_' _1.. ....-a.'...;t*!1:t-:a I '.-i .t. ... ;.1 HIGH COURT DATED:01 tO4t2O2S I , I COMMON ORDER l.A.Nos.2 ancl 3 of 2025 ln/and cRLP.No.344ti of 2025 ? I il :-[; J,) 1! ;rn nBl i .s -,r rf t. t .r' __:l__ $ f z { DISPOSING OI: THE CRLP AND ALLOWING THE lA.NOs.2&3CFZO2S /e /., ?. /3,/d ,/^ - I I I N( IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD CRL.P.No. 9q\L oF 2025 BEIWEEN:

1. Dunna Jagannatham @ Dunna Jetgannadham, S/o. Adinarayana Rao, Aged about 34 Years, Occ: Software EmPloYee, R/0. Flat No. 205, Gokul Pride, PNR ColonY, AmeenPur, BHEL, Patancheru, Sangareddy District- 502032 (T'G')'

2. Dunna AdinaraYana Rao, S/o. Krishna MurthY, Aged about 57 Years, Occ: House Hold, R/o. Baruva Village, Sompeta Mandal, Srikakulam District - 532263 (A.P.)'

3. Dunna Hemavathi, W/o. AdinaraYana Rao, Aged about 53 Years, Occ: House wife, R/o, Baruva Village, SomPeta Mandal, Srikakulam District - 532263 (A'P')'

4. Dunna Ramesh Kumar, S/o. AdinaraYana Rao, Aged about 35 Years, Occ: House hold, R/o. Baruva Village, Sompeta Mandal, Srikakulam District - 532263 (A'P') ...Petitioners/Accused No. 1 to 4 AND 1 The State of Telangana through SHO, W.P.S. UPPAL, rep. by Public Prosecutor, iigfL Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad

2. Smt ArnpolL Deepthi, W/o. Dtnna _lagannatham, Aged abou[ 31 years, Occ: Pr vater Enrployee, R/o. H.tvc. t -2a-I3Bl614, Flat No. 403, Madhu Saira I Residency, Vishnupuri (,:lony, Vimala Devi Nagar, Malkajg ri, Irl:dchat District _ 500047 (T.G.) .. Respondents JOn{I-l,i _uc FiLEp By THE PETmONERS ANp 211 I :SPO NDENT It is sulrmittr:d that the petitioners herein fired the ahor,,e Quash petition seeking to q iash the proceedings in CC No. 2235 c,f .2(.25 on the file of Hon'ble VLrdclitional Judical Magistrate of First Cass, at LB Nagar, Medchal-Malia.^;iri District for the offences Under Se,:tiorrs 85, 351 BNS and 3 8. ,1 irp Act. The Respondent No. 2/ defa,:I<>:omplainant has lodged the aL ove case against the petitioners/accused n(r. 1 to 4. 2) It s surrrn'tted that at the instance of erders ard w:r-wishers, both the partir:s c: me' forward to settle the Lrs/disputes anric:rrrry between us to live in pr:ar e ;:nd entered into an Oral Agreement, Frrr:her she is not having any ct,jer:tion to quash the proceedings in C(_- Nrr.2235 of 2OZ5 on the fir: of .lon'bre VI Additionar ludicar Magist.ate cr,f,irst Crass, at LB Nagar, rvedci-ar-14arkajgiri District for the offences Und:r.sections 85, 351 BNS and i B. 4 Dp Act pending against the Accused. :urther a joint affidavit s;rgne1 by petitioners and the defacto ccmpl;rinr.t is also filed herewith b. fl e, kind perusal of the Hon,ble Court l I I i I I l I l i I I I I I t , , I i 1 i I I t It is therefore prayed that this Hon'ble High Court may be pleased to permit the Petitioner/R-2 to compound the offences against the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 4 consequently quash the proceedings in CC No. 223512024, dated 21 .09.2024, on the file of Hon'ble Vl Addl. Judicial lvlagistrate of First Class, at LB Nagar, Medchal-Malkajgiri District., registered for the offences U/Sec. 85, 35'1 BNS & Sec. 3 & 4 of DP Act and pass other order or orders, which may be deemed fit and proper in the circumstance of the case. It is therefore prayed that the Hon'ble Court may be pleased to record compromise and Quash the CC No. 2235 of 2025 on the file of Hon'ble Vi Additional Judical Magistrate of First Class, at LB Nagar, Medchal-Malkajgiri District registered a case U/s. 85, 351 BNS and 3 & 4 DP Act against the petitioners/accused by acquitting the petitioners/accused no. 1 and 4 as the matter is compromised between the parties and to pass such other order or orders in the interest of Justice.

1. a4ag .D annatham @ Dun n Dunna Jagannadham 7\t/ *+w-{* 2. Dunna Adinarayana Rao rt{*oa')fr

3. Dunna Hemavathi @ 4 mes h kumar Petitioners/ Accused No.1 to 4 Smt Ampolu Deepthi De-facto-com pla inan 2nd Respondent r R-2 Counsel for the P 1 to 4/Accused 1 to 4