The High Court · 2025

The State of Telangana, Rep by Public Prosecutor High Court at Hyderabad Devarakonda Naresh, S/o D Chandrashekhar Aged about 45 yrs, Ocrc Tailorinq, R/o H.No. 13-4-691, Near Patel Hotel, Om Shanti Nagar, Jiyaguda, Hyd - 5db 006 Native of H.No. 102/46, Bhavanipet, lndira Vasahats, North Solapur Dist, Maharashtra. ...Respondent No.2/Dgfacto Complainant Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to Quash the proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused in cc.No.4693 of 2022 on the file of Hon'ble lll Additional chief lVletropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. l.A. NO: 2OF 2025 Petition under section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings including appearance of lhe petitloner/Accused in CC.No.46g3 of 2022 on the file of Hon'ble lll Additional chief Metropolitan Magistrate, at Hyderabad pending disposal of the above Crimrnal Petition. I.A. NO:3 OF 2025 Between: Devarakonda Naresh S/o D Chandrashekhar Aged about 45 yrs, Occ Taitoring, R/o H.No. 13-4-69r, ru^;3; ia1erH"iur,"di.,tn,inti-uisirr.r-ilasuoa, ilyd - 500 006 Native of H.No. 102146, ehari;ipJ, indir;r Vasa-hats, (;fth-- Solapur Dist, Maharashtra. ...Petitioner/Responde nt No.2/Complainant AND

1. Padireddy Madhusudan.ngqOy, S/o Late Ramakrishna ReddV Aqed about 58 yrs, Occ R and.B Chief Engineer, nlo- U.No. A--l_SOil-g1, t.;,;Ifir'",. Cotony, Shaikpet Nala, Hyd _ 5-OO 0Og

2. The State of Telangana, Rep by public prosecutor Hirlh Court at Hyderabad .. . RespondenUAccused ...RespondenURespondent No.1 Petition under section 359(6) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminai pltition, tne Hilrr court may be_pleased to permit the petitioner/Respondent No.2 to compcund tf,e offences in cc.No.4693 of 2022 on the fire of i'Jon'bre ilr Additionar crrier tvleiroporitan Magistrate, at Hyderabad. l.A. NO: 4 OF 2025 Petition under section 359(2) of BNSS praying that irl the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminai pltition n,gh 6;r,i',n"}, be pleased to record the compromise stateme.nt and euar;h tne" proceeOings against the Petitioner/Accused in cc. No.4693 oI 2022 on the file o? nontre rrr Additional chief Metroporitan Magistrate at Hyderabad in the interest 'n| ir.ti"" "r This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminar petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri r v Kalyan singh, Advocate for the petitioner and the sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additionar pubric prosecutor on beharf of the Respondent No.1 and of sri Hina Malhotra and Sri Dhirendra singh, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N'TUKARAMJI t.A.Nos. 3AND4OF 2025 ln/And TION No.54230F 2025 CRIMIN AL PETI COMM ON 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 in C'C No. 4693 of 2022, on the file of the learned lll Additional Chief tvletroPolitan Magistrate, HYderabad'

2. The petitioner is sole accused in the Calendar Case registered for the offence punishable under Section 304-4 of the lndian Penal Code'

1860. 3 Heard Nlr T.V.Kalyan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner' \ Additional Public Prosecutor, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla' learned representing respondent No''1-State Mr.Dhirendra Singh, learned counsel and Mr. Hina Malhotra and for resPondenl No'Zlde facto complainant.

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and. accordingly, they moved lA.Nos 3 and 4 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter lnto compromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C'C'No 4693 of 2022 2 .\7)\-

1..1 \o, I ,ttJt r1l.2r)..; .- tt/ttt.i (.r,'.l). \, ;t2),), )0); 5 This court vide order dated 21 .04.2025 referred the parties to the High court Legal services committee for identification and to verify the voluntariness in arriving the setflement. The Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, has submitted report dated 2g.O4 2O2S stating that the parties were identified by their respective counsel anC atso on verification of Aadhar Cards/ldentity Cards and the enquiries revealed that the parties have wirfulry and without coercion entered into settlemenUcompromise 6 I have considered the submissions of the learn,ad counsel and perused the materials on record 7' The accusations against the petitioner/accused in the porice Report are that on 21 .01 2022 while the wife of respondenrt,No2lde facto comprainant creaning the basement of the rift; suddenry the rift came down from 2nd floor to ground floor and crushed, thereb,r' caused her instantaneous death Alleging that the pelitioner/accused/owner of house did not provide any safety precautions while the deceased clean ing basement of the Iift, lodged the compiaint. Having considered the allegations, the nature of charged offence and taking intc account the Memorandum of Understanding dated 06.01 .2025 ernd arricable settlement between the parties and to restore peace amon.g them, rn the 3 rTRJ l..4.ixot. 1aadI al 202i itl an'l C)r/.P.lio. i12l ol 202i light of the dictums in Gian Singh v'Sfate of Puniab and anotherl and Anil Mishra v. State of ll'P'2i 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 the settlement by exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr'P'C't528 of BNSS' 2023' would be in the interest of justice' Accordingly, lA Nos 3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed Consequently' 8 all prcceedings in C C No 4693 of 2022' on the file of the learned lll Adclitional Chief Metropolitan tvlagistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioner/accused. 9 Resultantly, the Criminal Petition is allowed' Pending miscellaneous applications' if any' shall stand closed' ,/ 9tt> w) ' ?rt>1r; " 20 t\ I zorr [! Sce- gNSc-'. Lca 6et //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER sbt-utoHo. lsMAlL DEPTJW REGISTRAR i I I To,

1. 2 3 4 A 6 ,,uy ThelllAdditionalChiefMetropolitanMagistrate,Hyderabad. The Station House Officer, Banjara HiltJPolice Station' Hyderabad Two CCs to Public erosec'-tor,llgh Court for the State of Telangana at Hvderabad [OUT] o#;e-to.s';i V K,tv'n sinsh' Advocate [oPUC] One CC to Sri Hina tUatnotra Sri Dhirendra Singh' Advocate [OPUC] "and . Two CD CoPies Along with a copy of Joint Memo of ComPromtse -, .1 HIGH COURT DATED: 09tO6t2O2S COMMON ORDER I.A.Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 2O2S ln/And CRLP.No.5423 ot 2O2S .', a.- 'i:' 'i, '. $ I stP '/021i /i-' !, i ll'r 'l(-' tt.'-1''..', i3- 9'.-.9.. 11 l. ' '--_: :_::::::_-::- . '-' l.A.Nos.3 AND 4 OF 2O2S ARE ALLOWED CRIMINAL PETITON IS ALLOWED q F IN THE HIGH COT]RT FOR TFIE STAIE OF TELANGANA AII-IYDERABAD I.A. NO OF 2025 IN cRL. P N.9, C)F \U '1)t-') 2025 BE,TWEEN: Padireddy Madhusudan Reddy S/o: Late Ramakrishna Reddy Aged abt 58 yrs, Occ: R&B Chief Engineer, R/o: H.No. 8-1-301/32, Laxmi Nagar Colony, Shaikpet Nata, Hyd - 500 008 .... Petitioner/Accused ANI) 1 The State ofTelangana Rep by Public Prosecutor High Court at Hyderabad

2. DevarakondaNaresh S/o: D Chandrashekhar Aged abt 45 yrs, Occ: Tailoring, R/o: H.No. 13-4-691, Near Patel Hotel, Om Shanti Nagar, Jiyagud4 Hyd - 500 006 Native of H.No. 102/46, Bhavanipet, Indira Vasahats, North Solapur Distt, Maharashtra. I . . .. RespondentlDe-facto Complainant JOINT NIEMO 1 It is submitted that Respondent No.2 lodged a Complaint dated 21.01.2022 before Banj ara Hills i,olice Station, Hyderabad Commissionerate, against the Petitioners/Accused herein, whereas Police registered a case as FIR No.59/2022 for the offences U/sec.304-li IPC and subsequently filed Charge Sheet vie CC.No. 4693 of 2022 on the file of Hon'ble III Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Hyderabad. 2 J "o_ni,;;;;": It is submifted that after registering the above ca case the Respondent No.2 reatized thar the uuor. i::-':-','e and both the parries .""ffif i:T,::.,:_:g a,",";irull"ffi;;; Respondent No .2 w ithdraw n *; ;;" ;;;, j[,::Ifl :ff ;,accordinery It is submined that due to . we,-* ishers the maft er l:. :::: :.il-'..o,i'ffff"fl:'r:|;,,]T ffj ;:':,1fl:.:T:T[::H:l;1;';#li:"i:]ft H:ff Jii:::llffi 'H \ therefore prayed that this Hon,ble Court mz compromise statement ;;;'-;::j::'c Lourt mav be pleased to record rhe - ;; peritioner/Accu;;;;;".ffjou#,1'l Addirionar chief Metroporitun Nlrgirk;,i".;;#rjr,:,il.,r";X"J;[,,:: and pass such other order or ,r0.,"-rri"O.., ,r, ancl proper in the Circumstances r#r. of.::*o_,r, "s"i,;;- case' Hence, this Joint Memo. P uil- Petitioner C etitioner d 2 0 Couns spondent No. 2 HYDERABAD DArE:\b 02,12025