The High Court · 2025

Mohd Najr:elt Uddin, S/o. Late Khaja Naseer Udd,n, Aged about 33 years, Oc W:rr,ir! at Abroad, R/o. H.No. 1g-4- 19gt1. Farooc Na5:tar, Falaknuma, Hyderatrad Rep by his GPA Holder Ayesha Sultana, y ro. Late Khaja NaseerLrdd r , Aged about 52 years, Occ Householrj. H .No.1 94_1 gg/i, Farooq ',lag:rr, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, T.G,, Smt.Ayeshrr Sultana, W/o. Late Khaja Naseer Udrlin, r\gec 52 years, Occ House: V/f,:, R/o. H.No.'19-4-1Bg/,l, Faroocl lr,aga,., Falaknuma, Hyderab ad f .G. mother-in-law Smt.Am ra , Wo. Mohd lmran.Aged 31 years, Occ Ho.-rse {l/o. H_No.1g_4_ 199/1. F arcc,q Nagar, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, T.G. {iiste..in_law Rep by his G rl, l-rclder Ayesha Sultana, Wo. Late Khaja Nasr,reruddin, Ageil about 5;l years, Occ Household, Rt/o. H.No,i9-4-1g911 , Farooq Nagar, Falaknu -na'lyderabad, T.G. Smt. l(a'reez, W/o. Mohd Mustafa, Aged 30 years, Occ H:use Wife. R/o. H.No l9 4 ' t)9/1 , Farooq Nagar gar, Falaknuma, Hydr:rabad, T.G, Sister_ in-law 2 J 4 ,y',, // ,../ (-) )

5. Mohammed Razi Uddin, S/o. Late.Khaja Naseer, Aged 35 Years, Occ Working at abroad, R/o. HNo.19-4-189/1 , Farooq Nagar, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, T.G. Brother-in-law Rep by his GPA Holder Ayesha Sultana, Wo. Late Khaja Naseeruddin, Aged about 52 years, Occ Household, R/o. H.No.19-4-189/1, Farooq Nagar, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, T.G.

6. Mohammed Mustafa @ Numan, S/o. Late.M A Quadeer, Aged about 36 Years, Occ pvt. principal, R/o. H.No.19-4-189/1 , Farooq Nagar, Falaknuma, Hyderabad, T.G.Cousin brother .... RESPONDENTS/PETITION ERS 7. State of Telangana, Through Public Prosecutor, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad Telangana State. ...RESPONDENT/1 S' RESPONDENT Petition under Section 359(6) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the Petitioner to file the comprise petition in the above Criminal Petition against the CC No. 928 of 2024 on the file of XV Additionat Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Manoranjani Complex, Nampally, Hyderabad. l.A. NO: 5OF 2025 Petition under Section 320(2) ot 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 in terms of Memorandum of Understanding dated 04-12-2024 and quash the proceedings in CC No928 of 2024 on the file of XV Additional Chief Metropolitan Matjstrate, Mlanoranjani Complex, Nampally, Hyderabad. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri L V RAMANA RAO ,Advocate for the Petitioners and SRl. JITHENDER RAO VEERAMALLA, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and of MS. SAMPADA GAJRI, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2. The Court made the following: ORDER THE -II] NOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.Nos.4 AND 5 OF 2025 ln/And CFIIMINAL PETITION No. 3581 OF 2025 COMMON ORDEIi This C -ir'.rirrr Petition is filed under Section 52i\ oI Bharatiya Nagarik Suraks;h;a Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'BNSS, 2023 ), seeking quashment ol t're oroceedings against the petitioners in ,l C. No.928 of 2024, on thr: file of the learned XV Additional Chie'f fuletropolitan lvlagistrate, lVl a r cr ; njan Complex, Nampal ly, Hyderaba d. 2 The petiti:rne rs are arrayed as accused Nos l to 6 in th:: Calendar Case register?c f,r' the cffences punishable under Sectiors a 9B-A, 406, 506 of the ln'lii,'n !'enal Code, 1860, Section 4 of [t/luslitn \Aiomen Act, 2019, and Secti'rr:s 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Ad, 1 161

3. Heard V- i. v.Ramana Rao, learned counsel rolhe ,:etitioners, [/r.Jithender Rrrc Veeranralla, learned Additional Pub ic [)rosecutor, representing the: re s;pondent No.1-State and fi/ls.Sam;rada Ga jri, learned counsel for the r::lr'rndent No.2/de-faclo complainant

4. Pendingl tlr r; petition, the parties have entered into tlre c >mpromise and, accordin,3lri. trt:y moved l.A.Nos.4 anci 5 of 202i wita th:> prayer to permit them kr r.,nte- into compromise and by recording the settlementYo- quash the pr':.c:t:'1 ngs against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 6 in C.C.No 92B oi 2)i'.1 2 N7R l. '1.^'0.t.1 und 5 al 2025 it/ atd Cr/.1'.N0. )561 0.1 202t 5' This court vide otder dated 1 1.o3.2ozs referred the parties to the High court Legar services committee for identification and to verify the voluntariness in arriving the setflement. The secretary, High court Legal services committee, has submitted report dated 18.03.202s stating that the parties were identified by their rbspective counser and arso on verification of Aadhar cards/rdenrity cards and the enquiries reveared that the parties have willfully and without coercron entered into settlemenUcomprom ise 6 l have considered the submissions of the rearned counser and perused the materials on record.

7. Having considered the ailegations, the charged offences, which are essentialry matrimoniar and inter-personar in nature and taking into account the amicabre setilement between the parties and to restore peace among them, in the right of the dictums in Gian singh v. stafe of Punjab and anotherl and Anil Mishra v. State of u.p.2; Sfate 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 4g2 cr.p.c.r52g of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice. ' zo12 (10) scc 303 I 2024 INSC 189 3 zors 1s; scc ose ."s i.iq#!'FJ7 // 3 NniJ \a.,. f,i ;l t 01 20)i in/antl t r.,).. ,0. )i6/ oi202i

8. Accordin:;lrr l.A.Nos.4 and 5 of 2025 are allowed Consequently' all proceedinr;s irr (l C No.928 of 2024, pending on the fil: of the learned XV Addition al O rief lvletropolitan tr/agistrate, lrlanora niar Complex, hereby quashed against the Nampally, FYrirl'2[2d, petitioners/ac;cL. s:l Nos.1 to 6 9 ln the ab,tl'r, terms. the Criminal Petition is disposed of Pending ri:;r;ellaneous applications, if any, shall st; nd r;losed I I I To, //TRUE COPY// SDI- i\.V.S.PRASAD DEPU]'Y REGISTRAR SEC]TION OFFICER 1 . The XV r\d lili,r ral Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabd 2. The Statior- l-1,)JSe Officer, WPS South West Zone Police Stalion, Hyderabad 3. Two CC to the rublic Prosecutor, High Court for the lltater of ''l elangana, Hyderabac IOtrT]

4. One CC tc S;til. L V RAMANA RAO Advocate [OPUC] 5. One CC tc Mt; SAIvIPADA GAJRI, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CD C:rpirts;. PM/PSL HIGH COURI' DATED:01 l0tll2025 COMMON DTIDER lA.Nos. 4 8, 5 of 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.3Sti1 of 2025 i i I i I t I I I s-- l TrlB o 2 o ,tiilr 295 i.) !.< 7',t lI :. 'i -.,. ',| ALLOWINCi I'il-lE lA.Nos. 4 & 5 AND DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PE'IITION i/ tl 1 ^Di- '/4\ n"=.,' I I I I I I l !F I EB a 7 I ER : u !-.. \ r9O n-Ea tftirrnl TELANGANA E Tran Id: ?4!20411251 6124121 -T'I PM 04DEc 2014,05 *$rffi*tmsssl" MANNAN BK 15 -.*t;tt1t$11*,"* L1 s}t:,.:,illi:#lfi,', ph dsost+l tog l I oiro HvoeRAelo Sorwt'onr ** sgLF ** E E E n I UM OF UN DERSTANDING M EMO is made and executed on this lhq ar'aoy of Decem ber,2O2I at HYderabad bY ald Betrve en This Nlemorarrdum of Understalding IN S/o. l,ate Kh Working at Ab Naseer U c1drn, Aged R/ o. H.NIo' 19-4- p resentlY I{IOHD.NAJEEBUDD ab or-rt 33 Years, Occ: 189/r, Farooq Nagar, Falakrtuma, Hyderabad, resi'Jing at Ri o. Late Khal a N aseertr Mother AYestra about 52 Years, Occ: H F'arooq I\agar ' Sulta-na w/ ousehold, Falaknum a, HYderabad, r.\r, RTY" rvhich te rs in interest 1 yadh, Saurii Arabia, reP . by his G'P A. Holcier cidin, Aged R/o H.No.19 -4-1891 r, rms sha].L mean and egal rePresentatives r called the "FIRST PA s lcgal heirs, successo road, HereinaJte clude allhi 1n and assignee etc' ' o f the FIRST PART) AsD d Abdul N{annan' I{o usehold, R/o. H,No.13-3- ears, Occ: MARIYA MOIIAMMEDI Di d. Mohamme Ag l1 Hereinafter ed about 22 Y lO 17l, Sabzi M a.ndi, JiYaguda, HYderab ad, T.G. OND PARIY" which te heirs, Si]CCCSSOTS lN called thc "SEc a1l her legai e arrd assignee etc., of the SECOND PART) rms shal'l mearr interest legal ) Contd.. g E b E g I H Ban d include representatrv o - -rr A I l //2//7 Where. t:r the r riage of both the par-ties rvere per formed on 22_ 12_202 l ar I . .,lerl lbad' according to Mus rites arc customs and the saicr rni,r-j-..rge * *t'.,*lo Shariyat ,,,,,; ,rr".'11 '';;"- end perbrmed as per companv cr rrr: .i.-l I **ti"g"] ir'";i:"*" wedlock, th r r: i s .".:#T ",i ;,;;#I;":il] j T j:Hi,,l: Wh er,:; r lue :lff:r:nces,,,, ;;;,::.:";:.i:il:'"1Tjf, 11.,,,,,, ",u n ce s, som e I Doth the partier;, 2S 3 resr, 1. of which ther -.rrarital ,rr^ ^^_i.","'*ccn the partie.' as a rest.r'lt i life could t;; residing ser).: -i:,,,., .1 Divorce to rh s,;,#:#**;:.;"""*i"ff:L:Ti:[:fl:* i ;::'::'1 ;',1'^'^ii1"**"""n. ;;;; ;:Ii :,i'n,:::: PiLrt) arrtl his familv chief Judici-rr 1.r )gisr. o;' IJr'n lr e XV Adcli' )76 otrr;;;;J il:":[ff: ,;:.ilU:: casc vide c,;, ,, .o.:l]c' "'',nl*LrsL at Hyderao"o ,r.tt't 928 olio'i ";:"*,t a,,d eiders of bot arnjcable sctti.r;;,n Whcrea s rj , ,!nJl\ between tt . p,, ,, =,-ror-*-'"n"ts both lhe pa...- ,, ,,, fl the Seconci p. r. r j , ,* j*t"to for the ;;;: parry. acco;-oi,r: i ,o ,::::'^t* thc pa,rics inter'fr'recl €nd :po'r I h ''ir adr ise t'"-o,ro.".l*il:: [, ,'r:;;:l the roriov,ing ;..,: ;, ;; ::H,il:: have sertred their di;pu: ;;#J I{gqtHrs sql:r.r} 1. That in purs Lr,r r declare Snrl . :cir 1 pronouncerl lt.l: shall not di s1,p 1, .. s ce of the Setflement, fl irms that rc Firsr o*,, r rhe said .,;;,;;,1:::n.. "n" n""li"1l Second I'ar['hereby "io ;"i:.L:"*p'tcd rhe aiuo."" decri re r hat she HSET AS UNDE}T. VIENT DEED NE C(, ntd. . . 2 J 4 // 1, That the First Party hereby 'agreed to pay an amount of Rs.6,00,000/- (Rupees Six Lakhs only) to the Second Party towards full arid firial settlement including her permanent alimony, post and past divorce claims' maintenalce for herself and the First Party has agreed' to pay Rs'3'00'000/ - (Rupees Three Lakhs oniy) to the Second Party by way of Demill Dr:ft *..O8atnt, d't:O4-I2-2O24' d'rawn on Bank of Baroda' Chanchalguda,Hyderabadtowardspartpaymehtatthetimeof hling of quash petition in the above said' cases and remaining amount of Rs'3,OO'OOO/- (Rupees Three Lakhs oniv) shall be *rrbt" at the time of withdrawing/ closing the above said two cases and after receipt of the said amount' the Second Party shall execute a seParate receiPt' That the Second Par:ty further agreed that she shali appraoch the Govt.Qazath office Qile Mohammed Nagar' Part$ Hyderabad' ed'chal-Malkajgiri & Sangaredclv Districts and shall il;;fi take her maher and iddat period amount of Rs'51'O0O/- from the said qazath office ' That the Second Party hereby declare that she shall withdraw the above said cases i'e' C'C'No' 928 ol 2024 on the file of I{on'Lile XV Addl' Chief Judicial ir4agistrate' at Hyderabad and Crime No.27 6 of 2023 of P'S' Kulsurnpura' Hvd'erabad' T'G bv fiiing require quash petitions and take all the responsibilities for withdrawing the said cases ald all the iegal expenses shall be bear bY the First PartY' That the Second Part5r hereby declare and conhr-rns that she shall close the LOC issued against the First Party herein' That both the parties hereby declare and confirms received all the belongings' valuables ' gold etc'' not having any further claims against each other' that theY have , and theY are 5 6 Con ...2 :'--? i L L j: 'xl :ir j l iI I I //4// /0 7 o 9 That thc Sr r:ond party coniirms that she is for5loin 3 her claims and reiie [ ]- / Sec. 3 of Muslim Woman prote<:tiorr on Divorce Act and also :orroing her craims and reriefs under Dc,me.;tic Violence Act arlrl-e.i:f U/Sec. 125 of Cr.p.C. for herself zrgai rst the First Par[r aec I'r s, family members as she settled a]l h,:r claims fiaally. That bot i t -re parties after execution of thil; Dr:ed, the-y are at liberty -'o [i"': tireir respective rives as per their orrn u ish a,d will arrd agre :tl ,hat both the parties shar not in .erir re into the person rri [i It of each other. Thatbctl 1_:c parties hereby declar.e and confirmr; thrit,.hey shall destrol.. ar I il L,: picture s anci videos and shall n,tt nris, ;c the sarne in future i-, ttL if any party misuse the same, the s:rid party is liable tc lre p -osecuted as per law. i0. That thr: S:t.c c nd party hereby undertake tha1. sh: rrri li withdraw her cast:s lrr .i1ing require petitions before the concr rned cour:t or P.S. cr ';l-r L l approach the IJon'ble High colLli.f ;r r.r itrrdrawing the casr s 1 i. T.r at bo,.i't .r r Irarties con{ii:rns to each other thrLt tl ei_e are no othcr ces,,:; lled or pendirrg against both the parti rs or their lespecti.re f:r rrily members, if aly case is filed or pcnrling before ani,coul t ol'l:t., then both the parties undertake tha. they shall withdrarv th. iar-ne after execution of this Setl_lernent Deed.

12. Tlnat botl r_hc parties hereby declare and conl.irm s th not havi,g ar --'craim or rights over the movable ancl i propertr'r:s of each other or their respective farlily propertie s in ilture and if any parfy claims an ,, ri5lhts shall be 1 rr,a I _,1 as ntrll and void. rt lhey are mmovable members the same Contd...-2. -:!E r I j I ).' ri, i!lj,* l. ,t //5// 's the fu11 and final 13. rhar both rhe.parff"fTtr :}fr lt**.,.^.n other and il:l;I1?:fr:"Hil;'*, *'u "::i[ f,',i::: ff ?;:i rr^" each oiher or:T:,:::ffi::;'il:1j;u,n"l 'i'' '"," are at liberty Lo choose *t'l-ll"'" interfere in fu rre personai life of each other' - ]^^" ^, *

14. rhar any or the partv contravenes ":Jl'jIi#;:t".'.",,"J: t-' ,ru-ttr,uitions of this Deed such ea1":1 ;:';t' before the competent court of law' :

15. That this Deed is made in two original sets anri each party shail retain with each original set' lN WITNESSETH whereof bo'"h the P imPression on this Settleme without force or undue influe ".0;;,; ;;;. O.."*Utt, 2024 atHYderabad' G. ES: w 1 2 arties Put their signatures rvith free will and ,-r1. ,"- this the 4\ daY o[ ^." "rl. & FIRST PARTY SECO