State of Madhya pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and otherss, this Court is of the considered view that quashment of

2. Pottioari Anantha Ravinder Reddy, S/o Late Bal Reddy, Aged 62Years, Occ - neiir"eo Forest Range officer, R/d Flat No 302, TNR's Vaishnovi Apartment' Road No.'t2, Vasav'i Colony, Kothapet, Ranga Reddy District' smt.pottioari Aoarna Reddv @ Proddaturi Aparna, w/o Praddaturi Sai Kiran, Ao"J s3 Vears.'occ HousewifE, R/o Flat No.302, TNR's Vaishnovi Apartment, n5aO ruofZ, Vasavi Colony, Kothapet, Ranga Reddy District 3 Also at: H.No.16-2-146 l26t3ldtz,Malakpet, Dayanand Nagar, Hyderabad ... Res ponde nts/Com pla in a ntsA/ictim PetitionUnderSection52SofBNSSprayingthatinthecircumstances stated in lhe lt4emorandum of Grounds of crimrnal Petition, the High coud may be pleased to quash the proceedinqs in PRC No 87 of 2A24 on the frle of Honble lV Additional l\rletropolitan l\,4agistrate cum lV AJCJ at L'B'Nagar' l.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the l\,4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings rn PRC No. 87 of 2024 on the file of Honble lV Additional l\,4etropolitan N,4agistrate cum IV AJCJ at L.B.Nagar including appearance of the Accused 1 to 3 pend ng disposal of the above criminal petition. l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Between: 1 Pottigari Anantha Ravinder Reddy, S/o Late Bal Reddy, Aged 62 Years, Occ. Retired Forest Range Officer, R/o Flat No,302, TNR's Vaishnovi Apartment, Road No.12, Vasavi Colony, Kothapet, Ranga Reddy District,

2. Smt.Pottigari Aparna Reddy @ Proddaturi Aparna, W/o Praddaturi Sai Kiran, Aged 33 years, Occ Housewife, Ryo Flat No.302, TNR's Vaishnovi Apartment, Road No.12, Vasavi Colony, Kothapet, Ranga Reddy District. Also at: H.No.16-2-146126131d12, Malakpet, Dayanand Nagar, Hyderabad. ...Petitioners/ComplainanUVictim AND

1. P.Sai Kiran, S/o. Proddaturi Ashok Kumar, Aged 37 Years, Occ: Business, R/o H.No.16-2-146/26131d12, l\ilalakpet, Dayanand Nagar, Hyderabad.(Husband) 2 Proddaturi Ashok Kumar, S/o. Proddaturi Yadagirl Guptha, Aged about 67 Years Occ Business. R/o H.No.16-2-146126131d12. Malakpel, Dayanand Nagar, Hyderabad (Father in Law) -1 PrcdCatur Veeraman. W/o Ashok Kumar. Aged about 54 years, Occ Housewife, Rio H No.16-2-146/26131di2, l\4alakpet, Dayanand Nagar, Hyderabad. (Mlothe r in law) 4 The State of Telangana Hyderabad Represent by the Public Prosecutor High Court at ...Respondents/Petitioners ... Res po nd enURes ponde nt Petition under Section 359(2) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to record compromise in PRC No. 87 of 2024 on the file of Honble lV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate cum lV AJCJ at L.B.Nagar. LA. NO:40 F 2025 This petition comino on frrr h6.ri^^ ,,^^- Petition under section.359(2) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in rhe rVemorandrm or crorni" ;i ;;#;rl p-erition. tn" iiigh 6"r.in.,"v be preased to record compromise i, pni r'ri, gi'Ji zozoon the fire of Hon,bre rV Additionat Metropotitan l\,4agistrate .r, iV ejCi riL , ,rrnur. G ro unds ot c,im i n, i p"; lt"J: : fi' J;fl T;,: ::", ;:'::;r,I:.iiT:, :r, I" I Reddy' Advocate for the petitioners and the J,thuno",. Rao Veeramaria, Additionar pubric prosecutor on beharf of the Respondent No 1 and of r\,4 r. Vattikuti Anjaiah, Advocate for the ResponO"nt No i' The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER -rvlr. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI LA.Nos.3 A N D 40F 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITI ON No . 3436 0F 2025 coM MON ORDER ThisCriminalPetitionisfiledunderSection52BofBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short'8NSS,2023') seeking quashmentoftheproceedingsinPRCNo'B7of2024,onthefileoflV Additonal l,,4etropolitan lr4ag istrate-cu rn-lV Additional Junior civil Judge at L B,Nagar, against the petitionersi accused Nos l to 3 2ThepetrtronersareaccusedNoslto3inthePRCregisteredfor the offences punishable under sections 498-4, 306 r/w. 511 r/w. 34 of the lndian Penal code, '1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 3. Heard Mr.S.Ram Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners' Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent No.1-State and Mr.Vattikuti Anjaiah, learned counsel for the respondent Nos 2 and 3.

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accoroingly, respondent Nos.2 and 3- de facto complainants filed LA Nos 3 and 4 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into conrpromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitloners/accused Nos.1 to 3 in PRC No 87 ot 2024 2 I a,lr\., j/r,, ,ir'l

5. This Court vide order dated 07.03.2025 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 12.03.202s stating that the parties are identified by their respective counsel and also on veriflcation of Aadhar cards/ldentity cards and the enquiries reveal that the parties have wirrfur and without coercion entered into settlemenVcompromise. 6. 7. Having considered the allegations, the charged offences, which are I have perused the materials, essentially inter-personal and taking into account the amicable settlement and to restore peace between the parties, in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh y. Sfate of Punjab and anotherl and Anit Mishra y. State of lJ.P.2; State of Madhya pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and otherss, this Court is of the considered view that quashment of the impugned proceedings by exercising jurisdiction under Section 4g2 Cr.p.C.l52g of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice.

8. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2O2S are allowed. Consequently, all the proceedings in PRC No.87 of 2024, on the file of lV Additonal 2012 (10) scc 303 2024 INSC 189 ' 2019 (s) Scc 688 3 I \t \11(./ j t'.i l ', -'0-'i ( t'.1'.\+ ll i/j,tt 102i |,1titt l\,4etropolitan Magistrate-cum-lV Addrtional Junior Civil Judge at L.B.Nagar, are hereby quashed against petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3.

9. ln the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. ,t '?s'YI*8't+RiR /TTRUE COPY/I SECTTON OFFICER j'{,x\:.: x:.Takonda he State of Telangana at To, 1 2. 3 4 o ii;' ". Affi I " [X J:"30u"' J':? " Ufi :l'j:1""#'" ?;x3t", to tne Public P'osecutor' High court for t [':':"it lj $: i,lrm, [ : i,l ]' ^i;: :::i J?5i31' tnlongFrftn a Cooy o{ Joint l\'4emo of Compromise) Two CD CoPtes 5 6 kamlPSL ,r-' i: *. s',; l a,, :i* a:" i, HIGH COURT DATED:2410312025 COMMON ORDER l.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 ln/And CRLP.No.3436 of 2025 n; SfAi (- c\a ( 3 30 APn ?0m I I s7 * oESP, 1T CH *<E l.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 ARE ALLOWED. DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION @ ?t- 3 \ yf- (\'11:N{OR;\NDt iilf OI.. Cti Il\ Iiir ,-s l ..\ PIr I UION I ll.t;t) ( \Dl:li SI:( i i()\ X ()F IJ\SS) ]N TI.IE HIGII COT ILf I:(]I(.IJ]II S I.\II: OJ; II]].-,\N(;,\N/\ AI:li\ I)t.tt.\lJ;\D cRr.p.No.J l.Z Lor zozs BETWEEN; l. PSai Kiran, S/o. T xr,,.,o.' ae"l 17 ";":J,"8JJ: wo H.No.r6.2_t46/268/;i, DayanandNagar, Hyderabad.' ;rff:;J: --'-\rvL, ^i.ri,rli. 2 l,ro.dd?ryri Ashok Kumar S/o. pr.oddaturi Xil:r,.,S,ltha, Ased,b",, ;; ;;;;,: y::: Business, R/o H. N".l;:;: 146/26/3/d/2, Maial<pet. ;,;;;;;;; Nagar, Flyder.abad , li:ll:,rrj v,eeramahi, \\ r,. Asirok r,.urnar, Aged abour ) -.1 I{otrscrr iL,. R ,r I l.\o. f ,, :. i.f ,," , ,"a,.,, - \ llrl;rl;pL'1. l).r.r s11311..1 r, 3 ,r. it, ,.l ,,,1..,:i \:.I) I. TIrc Sr:rrc of lL,lanqrn.r Ilepr.cscnt b1 Llte pirblic I)rosc"'ut,.,r. High Courr ar Hyderabad. ' ft:fll, +#::TllilT.q". Reddv S/o Lare Bar Reddv, R/o Flar No.302, ,^",:li:,q,F"resr R".d N;. i ;,"v*";iA";JT*o vi A'partmenr, t\orhapet, Ranga Reddy District. ftangs officer,

3. Srnt.Pottigari Aparna Reddy @ pr.odrlaturi A Wo pr.addaturi'Sai Aged 33 year.s, Occ: HoLrser,rife, R./o Flat No.302; T\Tt,s Vaishnoi,i .,.1,_,n1.sn1gn Kiran, parna, t, e-- P, v.yr',-" C a0: I l. \:tsrrr i C'olonr. i l:r g.l Iletlrlr l)istlict Ii trlltl \o. I h tr ilr ltlli i. \ l::o rr[' I l \o I 6-2-1.1(ri26,-3i'cli2, Nlalakpct, l)alananrl Na"ar. I lvder.abad .Respondents/Oon.rp lainants/Victirn JOINT MEMEO FILED BYTHE PtrTITI ONERSAND RESPONDE NTS2&3 1 It is submitted that the petitioners are affived as Accused 1 to 3 in the present PRC No. 87 of 2024 on the fire of Hon'bre IV Aclcritionar \'Iet.opolitan Magistrate cum IV AJCJ at L.B.Nagaq for- the offences under. Scction.!93-.,\. l()6 Il ,\\,511. R,\\,34 II,C ancl Seclion-s I & 4 of D.p,Act. lr i' 5qlir;'1i11.',1 tir., Llrl rlLrc rrr thc irilr'crtio, oi' cli1cr.r .1' Lroth -sirles thc :''iiiiLr:r.rs .i:r-i re ;'rr,(iairi irr, r Ji r irri'c errilrc ro a a(r;rlrr.(,,rise luiir it is |-r'tii)aIi i() iI.I]Lirin ltcrc tllLt ti.Lc l.lctiLioner. nO.1 & r.ci111111113p1 no.3 tiho .r'c lrLrsbu.tl rL,cL ii ilL .rc .r.ii(ling io_scther. alo.g tireir chiidr.en since ,\'la)'-2024. 'lir ar''.rc1 tirrtirer.ratrirrronial crisp.tes ancl comprications both Lhc p:uties have comc np to settrc their dispLrtes amicabl' anc .live together and in these circ.mstances it is just and necessary to quash the present pRC No'8712024' That the complaint is lodged on suspicion that 41 is having illegal relationship with many women. 'r.rrh J It is submitted that as the petitioner no.r and respondent no.3 are wife and husband ancl having children, taking into co,sideration of that their rife and their children life r'r,ill be spoiled it'the crirninal:case is proceeded further Itl.tci ot1 tlte aclvicc o1' elclcrs ancl rvell-wishers both thc petitione;:s ancl r..'s|()lt(le rltS Illlyc C(rlIlrt.OllriSecl tltc isStLc Ot-LLSide the Cour.t. ...-tLL ? v 'rc,u 4 That due to intervention of erde.s'and wer-wishers, the petitioners and rire respondents 2 & 3 entered,into comprornise and agreed to file the present compromise quash petition to qrrash the pRC No. g7 of 2024 on the file of Hon'ble IV Additional Met'.poiitan Magisrrare curn IV AJCJ ar L.B.Nagar. cont pront ise r ll It is therefore prayed that rhis Ilon,blc CoLrrr lltav h!- 1t lcas crl Ir.i ;.gqir,...l I'liC No. S7 ol l()l-l rrrt rite lllr, trt Iltrl.irir. I\. \(i, jt:i(.'..,1 \il\ \ :.1 l\' I N'Ielropoiitan Nlagistrate cirrri I\/.\.1(.1 lL I_.13.\rglr. riIrl b.. Ilcr:se Ll i,, otltc.r rncj lirr.Llrcr: pt.clcr.r,s irs this ilon,l,l.: ( oLlL n)il\ rjccnt llL lrnrl 1.r1,1,..r clrculrstances ol. thc Case. iri.ir., l PSai Kiran roddaturi Ashol< I(umar l> v. rw,.* Proddaturi Veeramani Couns tiotrers Datc: 10212025 I)lacc: Llyder.abad Pottigari Anantha Ravinclcr. Ilccl cll, D oxnc\ Smt.Pottigari Aparna Reddy @ Proddaturi Apama coLr,ser ro, R.#H;L\ r & :