State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others

...Respondent/defacto Complainant petition under Section -\2g of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandrm ot ciouna. .'r?ilrirrri'l,.,1jion-, !!e- High Court may be preased to QUASH rhe proceedings in cr.N; 157 0f 2023 0n the fire of -r'ir-*,. fl J,."? yri tll;a i, i,., ir," pi,i,ion" r/Acccs ued no. l- l' wa ra n sa i o i'tiLi " l.A. NO:1OF 2025 Petition under Section .4g2 of Cr.p C praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds crirliili'i.tition, the High court may be preased ro grant interim stay of a, the furthei proceedings in cr.No. 157 0f "r 'Warangat-t, - 2023 on the file of W_p.S, WJrrlgur District in so far as Petitioner/Accused no. 1 is concernea p."ii"g ;;posar of the above criminal petition. I.A. NO:2O F 2025 iE%YSl b[ ]il,ll,, ;]13; l\ft*;t33i ffi J8iii; ....P Occ. Housewiie, gt6. i{ trls 11- I District. ETITIONE R/2NO RT'SPONDENT And 1 B'nsn"H#iii,',p,|#ff rtl*ry-i"+:?,5*;ll$i-gtffi H3li"TslT:'; i:ii{:$ilir5t#'.: A,,kn:*"::: o-I,,., ,e r, 5-6-36 ' Lasl k;r ' l)azat ' aar "'Flespondr:nuPetitioner 2 The State o' 1:langana,, l.hrough W-eS'.W31a19^{- Wararl('al District' coih'oiL'ai"at rre at l-v lerabad' Rep bt' it'; |Ii- blic "ot"t"o'']iYnh .,,,"0,'^",*i'loil,.llIi,;ffi 1""?sl'Jili:t'&q'a{hT[]1;:'"lliq,s#3i i*f l;tt*,ii,$li',i,*il$*y#ffilql[*.'r,',-li,[:r;vl;r;:t"""'sntr il;.i,ilnJ;<'ct s':: No t in the interest of iustice' I.A. NO:3 OF 2025 petition rn,l€ r section 359(2) BNSS prSVilg thar in thc: circumstances t.le h'igh Court may t"t tered between stated in the Menrorrrd"t 6'"I;ot oicti'*in"r 'Fetition be oleased To pern' t tn" p""titiIn"tit io i""oto the ;h'" "';il;" ;;,',, I I' * ;'ii, j; ;,;l mt',T *, il," r:J" t'"1,,11,,1 lft?l" "'Ji B1:i,.,"",.i!x;"Xl,i;'l;,,,ii;Ji"J,i""i r.ri, r in the interest or 1us1it e 'comor:mise This Petition coming on for hearing' upon perusing ttre lv'emorandum of Grounds of crimin;rl ''etitiin and upon hearing the argurnents cf sri s syl:.nd"t Reddy, Advocarte f () the p"tition"''"nA Mr' Jithender Rao Veerzrrralla Additional Public Prosec.rtor ()-r U"n'ft of the Respondent No 1 and M s S Navyatha' Advocate Counsel fr> the Respondent No 2' The Court macte the' following: COMMON ORDER l THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.No s.2 AND30 F 2025 ln/And INAL P ETITI ON No. 4951 0F 2025 CRIM COMMoNoRDER This Criminal petition is filed under Section 52g of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ,BNSS, 2023,), seeking quashment of the proceedings aganst the petitioner in crime No.157 of 2023 of W.p.S., Warangal_1, Warangal District.

2. The petitioner is arrayed.as accused No.1 in the Crime registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 417 of the lndian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 3 of the Dowry prohibition Act. 1961 3. Heard tVlr.S.Surender Recidy and Mr.K.Uday Kumar, learned counser for the petitioner, Mr.iithender Rao Veeramara, rearned Additionar pubric prosecutor, representing the respondent No.1-state and counsel for the respondent No.2lde_facto lvls.S,Navyatha, .learned complainant. 4 Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and' accordingly, they moved l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2o2swith the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the setrement to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused No.1 in Cffie_ No.157 of2023 \-t'i 2 /. l.\,., \ fll./ t ) r,t lt))i tt/.ttt i l'\;.rr)t ,l 202;

5.ThisCour:/iceorderdated0g.04.2025referredtheplrrtiestothe HighCourtt-egaliervrcesCommitteeforidentification.tnC.oVerifythe voluntarinesr; rn lr' ivtng the settlement The Secretary' l-lrg1 Court Legal Services Conrnitle'e. has submitted report dated 16'O4i''02' stating that €1nd also on the parties wr>r: identified by their respective cc'unS€l verification of Aaclhar cards/ldentity cards and the enquir es revealed thatthepilrteshavewillfuliy'andwithoutcor:rciont'rnteredinto settlement/c lfi]P r: lnlse

6. I havr: :r:,rr;idered the'submissions of the l-'arred lounsel and perused the rnale rials on fecord

7. Having r;r: rrr;idered the allegations, the charged offen'lr')s' which are essentially m,at-irronial and inter-personal in nat'lre arrcl taking into account thr: ilrlr;able settlement between the parties; arrd to restore peace amorrg ttrr:'n in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh v' State of Punjab and anatherl and Anit Mishra v' State of Lj'P2; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others3' this (lrlurt is of the considered vir:vr that quashment of the impugned proceedirgs in view of the settlemr:nf lr,r exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 (,r.P.C.l52B of BNSS 202-i w:L td be in the interest of justice. t2012(10\ sl(.3c: 2 2oz4 INSC r trg I 2019 (5) scc 5r:E 3 N7n,/ 1..1.\o.'.1 ,.!u!/ ) ol 2.0)i n/drti t.n. 1,. \n.1, t I nt )t ) ) :

8. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 areailowed. Consequenfly, all proceedings in Crime No..l57 of 2O23of W.p.S , Warangal_I, Warangal District, are hereby quashed against the petitioner/accused No.1. o ln the above terms, the Criminal petition is disposed of. Pending misceflaneous apprications, if any, shail stand crosed //TRUE COPYII Sd. S. MALLIKARJUNA RAO AS STANT REG]STRAR SECTION OFFICER To, ' [i:".i|]Tfjl*l:'ffrcivi[Judse - cum- PrincipatJudiciat Magistrate of First 2. The Station House Officer WpS, Warangal, Warangal District_ 3. One CC to SRt. S SURENDER REDDy Advocrt" 1OeUCl 4. One CC to S Navyatha, Advocate tOpUCl u Prosecutor, Hish court for the State of retangana, at lyo""Pr"oll",33;',0""

6. Two CD Copies (Along with a copy of Joint Memorandum) Chs/gh 6 t! I HIGH COURT DATED:23104't2025 I I zaa \ i\- -5. ,..t i-iE .c lt i "tii 2025 C l- d : I .\ COMMON ORDER , l.A NOS 2 A]'.{n 3 OF 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.49{i1 of 2025 DISPOSING OF THE I.A NOS 2 AND 3 OF 21125 IN/AND CRLP'No.4951 of 2025 d*o I ,/, ,J) l \ll \t( )l{.\NI)t il\{ OI, ('ltll\4lNAL Plrl'l'f ION N,tlS(. Pt-.]'tTION FILLD [JNDER SITCTION Ii\ I tll: III(ilt COUR-l IrOR TftE STATE OF -IITLANGANA AT HYDETTABAD. t.A No ot, 2025 IN ('t{1..t).No olr 2015 Iil I\\ I t N ( hcugo;Lr Al<ash. S,it. Itar rndar-. Agc: -i3,vcals, Occ: Pvt. Lntployee, Itro. I I. No. -s 5-.1-7()0-22iEl [1Srin ivas Colony, (iopalpur. IIarrurnakonda, IIanuma[<onda District, now ilt USn, Rcp. by hiri GPA Holder, ('hcggojir Ravindcr. S/o. Lale Chandraiah, ,\qc: 60 vcars. Occ: Busnrcss. Il o. ll.No. -5-6-3(r. Lashkar Bazar, Ilanumakotrda. Il.rnurrrakontlir [) islric t. (A l) ,\\I) I'ti]-ITIONt:R/n C'CUSITD NO. I I lrc Statc oI' Icllurr:arr:r. I lrroLrsh WPS. War-angal-1. Warang:tl l)istrict. ItcP. [_v rts l)ublic Prosccutor, IIish ('ourt ol'.1udicatrilc at Hydelabad. Ilcspondcnt J. (. hcggoju Kavya, W/o. Akash. Age . -32 ycars, Occ: I lousewifb, ll'rr. ILNo. I | -24-2613. Pocharnnraidan, \\'r rr'. rrr slrl. \.\ ltr':ur-lal l)istrict. ITTJSPONDI]N'IS/R ESPONT)ENTS l()lN l \.ll;N4o Ijl l.l' l) Il\''l'l II: Pt:]'ITIONITRi 2'ui RESPONDENT l. Il rs strlrrrrittctl tlurr. thc W-[),S.. Warangal-1. Warangal District have rcgrstcrc(l a casc in ('r.No. l-57 o{'2021 against the petil_ioner and 2 others I r . ( ) | I I ) | i t i I I I lor lrr. , ll.,nc.es urr<ler. scctions 49ti-A,.4 I7 r,f. II, l,,l:rr ,: , I jt(. .rr.rrrr r:, r.,ctrscd ,.,,,. ,. -o'*'tn by the 2il "t,'"'1,",,11#ril:3::: ,c r *cc a.ua,sr ;::::::::,::-;-.T ;l:i :r:I ffi::I: ('.( .\; i.,0 of 102.1 lbr thc sarre of_flgnces rrnd rri,rr ,t.ir . thc ,r,,.hre ,;i ;;;;,";rr*,'';;,""'same \\,'irrrrr r:i I is pending ror st ( llass Magistrate at [rr-,. I r. I rrlhcr suh l. r h,,,,,,..,,,r-Jl]J:::;:::: .,,,:,il:] ::,,H;:,::il:: ;j ;: thclr rn lcr.,. .. t t ion of.bt r,c,cirr rr.ri , , u,,,,,.u,r].-*T,:"HJ." ar(r rhc 2nd respondent rr#,.J)rcrs "T"'' 'hc rvtl ri'ishers and the Itrcrr..,tlL, .l pcri i., , ,\.., sc-ri ,,,,1 ;'";lo";'-::,, **jj::, ;;;:l r"TT;".::: agrced l. ,r Il,lrau.lhc cascs pending ueailst lirr rrrutrri I rl r , 1.cc. I.hcr.,. r,,,r r.cs1,,,.,J,. r Jrus rr. '-'t-' "ch c'tht:t s and also agreed ", cl:)'.- ,n purs'rance 6f th.'aborc siid settlemenq the :l;:':i '': '"' '"'' :;il-;ll:,.TIJ: il:;I;',:il:T li thc lrroceeJ'ngs agasinr the ''-r rcco.dirl'Q lhc corlProlllise .t-q'l';g thc petirioners \..,. r r ..ri ,,,, , ,::t:.:tt''-n ,ct jrr1r11r.1 ri iir sLrlrcr ,.r.(. j r r.irhr-\,. .q'utnf tt' For ,tll lc rcitsolls stated pleascd Ilon'bJc ( oL r.l rnuv bc ctlr n lrrl rn t is: (,,tl,t C(i hCtu, cen thc plca.scd to i ll( )\\ I tc :thor e (lrirnin (r.No. |-s_ () irgl lt \1 Ilt c l)!lll (l orr tlrc Illc of \I/.p.S cr.,lccrrsctJ no. I in the i above, it to pennit petrtioners al Peririon b its the,efor.c prayed that this the pcLltlo ner.s t() record the d thc 2nd l'ejllondent and be quash ing th,: proceedings in rang:rl-1, \\ra..angal District ntercs t ol juslicr: end pass such i i i r i tt trtt{r. I ,rllrtr rr11i1.1 {,t 11f1.1..1\ lllts ll() ctrcUntslal,iccs ol. thc casc 'blc C'ourt nray (leern fit and proper in the J- t/y' lgll.l lUrc ol'thC t,o S tcspondent Signature of thc petitioncr ('ourrscl N li.;1 1Jlg rrrrr Itcsporrdcnt Codnsel fbr the petitioner I )irtc: o_s.111.111.-r 5 l'luct-: I ty,r.lcr,,hr,t r I l i i I I { i i I I t I I I I I I I t