State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others

Il:"?lffo" "langana, Mrs^Renuka, W/o pifla Srikanth Aged 24 years Occ pvt service R/o 1_10_ 28138 and 39,.Gandhinagar Sr cninripur,'(rinr-,g;ir'tiaatkajgiri District ... Respondents _ Petition under sectictn 5-29 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminar iretition, the High court may be pleased to qrra56 the p-roceedings in cc r.ro; arz of 2021 ot ps rr.r,"ig;d, and pending on the fire of the Lea-rned tt Aooiiionat Junior civir .luoje-cuir-_'rr Add.itional Judiciar Magistrate of First crass Meocnai-Markajgiri District at Malkajgiri in view of the setilement between the petitioners ,,io tt. s.lona Respondent. I.A. NO: 10 F 2025 BETWEEN: }[i,[il[% Y: IJllfl :J5lsi'"t3f; :i1',:3:; "'ff.:"1"':':[?'Y?'l';]i- ...Petitioner'Respondent No'2 in lA'Nos '1 & 2 of 2025 AND

1. The State of Telangana, Rep by Public Prosebutor' High Court of Telengana' , Ellr"l1i-Xtth, S/o P.KondaiahAged- 25 vear-s o.cc Pvt service R/o' Flat No 5 Sai karthik np"r.t."ni"5o-lszi CnanOragiri Colony Opp Krupa Complex Safilguda, Secunderabad 3. Smt Pitla Kankawa, Wo P Kondaiah. A'.9d 44 vees Occ housewife Pitla ve"t'occ Farmer' No 2-69t2 Kondaiah S/o Late dii;;"il'A;;d.1- iiijrti"ip"tdfv) Gajwel (M) Medak District 4. Pitla Kondaiah, S/o Late P.J'larsaiah-' 1g"3. 44 Years' occ Farmer - hi. z-bglz Murtiaipalle (V) Gajwel (M) Medak District 5. Pitla Srisailam, S/o P. Kondaiah Aged. ..22 Yrs., occ.. Car Mechanic Rto2-6912 Murtralpalle (VlGaiwel (M) Medak District ...Respondents in lA Nos' 'l &2 ot 2O25 petition under Section 359 of BNSS praying that in the .9i1"'ltti1:"' stated in the Memorandrr-oi ciornos of criminal Petition, the High court may be pleased to permit the petitioner/defacto complainant and Al to A4 to compound the oftences ,n CC't{o 412 of 2021 of P-S Kushaiguda and pendrng on the of the , Additionar LJn]oilrog._cum- il Judiciar Magistrate of First crass Medchal Malkajgiri ol.t'i"i'"i'rvrar[ifgiti i" view of the seitlement between the petitioners and the second Respondent' LA. NO: 20F 2025 Petition under Section 359 (2) of BNSS praying that in. the.circumstances statedintheMemorandumofCrounOsofCriminalPetition'theHighCourtmay between.the parties herein in and to quash be pleased to record tn. the CC No. 4i2 ol 2021o#{ xrtn.iguda and pending on the file of the. learned ll Additional Junior Civil l, jgt-Cu;-riJudicial Magistrate of First Class Medchal Malkajgiri District at Malkajgiri' "o,p'o'Ae This Petition coming on for hearing' upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petitiln and upon hlaring the arguments-of Sri. M Anand Kumar, Advocate for the Ptiitiont'" and the Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla' Additional Public Prosec'ioi.- on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and Sri Cn.sii"irr. Reddy, Advocate for the Respondent No 2' The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER I ;7 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.Nos.l AND 2 OF 202 5 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITION No.5631 OF 2025 COMMON ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed under Section S2g of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ,BNSS, 2023,) seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 in C.C.No.412 ot 2021 on the file of he learned ll Additional Junior Civil Judge-cum-ll Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Medchal- Malkajgiri District at Malkajgiri.

2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 4 in the Calendar Case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 4gB-A, 506 r/w 34 of the lndian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

3. Heard Mr.M.Anand Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional public proseculor, representing the respondent No.1-State and Mr.Ch.Srinivas Reddy, learned counsel for the respondent No.2/de-facfo complainant.

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accordingly, respondenl No.2lde-facto complainant filed l.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise I 7 2 N"TR,/ l-A.Noll and 2 o-f 2025 infand Crl.P.Na.56)l of 2025 and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos l to 4 in C'C'No '412 of 2021 '

5.ThisCourtvideoldeldated24.o4.2025referredthepartiestothe HighCourtLegalservicesCommitteeforidentificationandtoverifythe voluntariness in arriving the settlement' The Secretary' High Court Legal Services Committee, has submitted report dated 29.04.2025 Stating that the parties were identified by their respective counsel and also on verification of Aadhar Cardslldentity Cards and the enquiries revealed thatthepartieshaveyvillfullyandwithoutcoercionenteredinto settlemenVcomPromlse

6. I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel and Perused the materials on record' T.Havingconsideredtheallegations,thechargedoffences'whichare essentially matrimonial and inter-personal in nature and taking into account the amicable settlement between the parties and to restore peaceamongthem,inthelightofthedictumsinGianSinghv'Stafeof Punjah and anotherl and Anil Mishra v' Stafe of U'P'2; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others3, this Court is of the v 12012 (10) scc 303 2 2024 INSC t8g 3 zots 1sy scc oae 3 N7R,Jr I-4.N0s.1 atd 2 of 2025 in/ and CrlP.No.56)t of2025 considered view that quashment of the impugned proceedings in view of the set'ement by exercising jurisdiction under section 4g2 cr.p.c,t52g of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice.

8. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 areallowed. Consequenily, all the proceedings in C.C.No.4.l2 of 2021 on the file of the learned ll Additionar Junior civir Judge-cum-, Additionar Judiciar Magistrate of First Class, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at Malkajgiri, are hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused [rlos.1 to 4. I To, ln the above terms, the Criminal petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. //TRUE COPYII .""'.i#?EBil"JHt,* SECTION OFFICER ., Rachakonda

1. The XtX Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Cybera bad at Matkajgiri, 2. The Station House Officer, Kush arguda police Station , Rachakonda Two CCstothepublic Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Teiangana at 4 One C 5. One C 6. Two C Hydera bad IOUTI Cto Sri C to Sri D Cop Kumar, Advoc vas Reddy, Adv M.Anand Ch.Srini ate [OpUC ocate [Op UC] NVB/gh j HIGH COURT DATED:1010612025 COMMON ORDER l.A.Nos.1 AND 2 OF 2025 ln/And CRLP.No.5631 of 2025 Ic- o i, $3 sEP i$6 '+ o DISPOSTNG OF THE CRLP AND ALLOWING THE lA.Nos. 1&2OF 2025 ? t5 T l-\