The High Court · 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 quash the proceedings against the petitioner / accused in F.l.R.No.108 of 2025 on the file of P.S. O-U City, Hyderabad . I.A. NO: 4 OF 2025 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 the compromise between the respondent No.2 and the petitioner in F.l.R.No.108 o( 2O25 on the fite of P-S. O.U. City, Hyderabad l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Between: Jyothi Rani,Wo S._ampath_Reddy atias Bhattu Sampath, aged 25 years, Occ. Housewife, R/o H.No.4-5S8/2, Errakunta, Nacharahr, UppT t, ttattipur, Ranga Reddy Diskict. 'pe,:itioner I R 2 And 1 2 I|g Stetg of Telangana, Rep by its public prosecutor, High Court for the State ofTelangana At Hyderabdd. ,. RespondenU Resp"ondent No.1 !amp1t!h Reddy alias Bh_attu Sampath, S/o. Lachireddy, aged about 29 years, 9."",..Pr1*!q Employee, R/o H.No 3-19, C_hekkapalle Vem"ulawada, Raj5nna ' Sircilla District. .. Responderrts Petition under section 35-o (6) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petitior the High court may be ql9T9d to pei-mit the petitioner to compound the offences u/s 69 BNS, 3 (2) (vi SC ST POAAct,2015. l.A. NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petitiorr,the High court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in F.l.R.No..l0g of 2O2S oi the file of ir.S. O.U. City, Hyderabad, pending disposat of the criminal petition_ This Petition coming on for hearing,upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearing the argumelts of sri D.RAJENDRA PRASAD AND sRl Y NAVEEN Advocate for the petitioner in crl.petiton and l.A.No. 4 of 2025 and Respondent No. 2 in LA.No. 3 of 2O2S and Sri JITHENDER Pso VEERAMALLA, Addr. pubric prosecJtor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 in all petitions and of Sri L. RAM srNGH, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2 The Court made the following COMMON ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI l.A.Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITION No.6473 OF 2025 COMMON ORDER This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (tor short lhe BNSS'), seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioner in Crime No. 108 of 2025 of Osmania University City Police Station, Hyderabad.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused in the Crime registered for the offences punishable under Section 69 o,f Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short 'the BNS'), Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015.

3. Heard Mr. Rajendra Prasad D and Mr.Y. Naveen, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional public Prosecutor, representing respondent No.1-State and Mr. L.Ram Singh, learned counsel for respondent No.2/de facfo complainant.

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accordingly, they moved l.A.Nos.3 and 4 ot 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the setflement to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No. 108 of

2025. 2 Nllv l. 1.'.,t. ) ,r,i 1r,12()25in/and (r,.1'.\0. 617 ) of 202i

5. This Court vide o'der dated 09.06.2025 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 16.06.2025 stating that the parties were identified by their respective counsel and also on verification of Aadhar Cards/ldentity Cards and the e:nquiries revealed that the parties have willfully and without coercion entered into settlemenUcompromise

6. I have considered the submissions of lhe learned counsel and perused the materials on record

7. The accusations against the petitioner/accused rn the Police Report lodged by respondent No.2/de facto complainart arc that the petitioner/accused induced her on the pretext of marr age and sexually exploited her. Having considered the ailegations anrj the subsequent developments of marriage of the petitioner with the de facto complainant and the statement in the Affidavit of responderft No.2lde facto complainant that the petitioner and herself got married ernd living together and the amicable settlement between the parties and to restore peace among them, in the light of the Cictums in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab 3 NT1(,Jr I-4Not. ) and 4 oJ 202 i in/ a Crl.PNo. 617 ) ol 2025 and anothert and Anil Mishra y. Sfate of ll.p.z; 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.ls2g ot BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice.

8. Accordingly, l.A.Nos. 3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, all proceedings in crime No. 10g of 2025 of osmania University city Police Station, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioner/accused.

9. Resultantly, the Criminal petition is allowed Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed L zotz (ro) sc-r- Aoi 'Zoz+t** ,n 32otl G) Ecc 688 SD/- U.SUDHA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To I

1. The lV Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hyderabad. 2. The station House officer , osmania University police station, Hyderabad, 3. Two CCs to Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, (OUT)

4. One CC to SRl. D. R. PRASAD, Advocate tOpUCI 5. One CC to SRl. L. RAM STNGH , Advocate [OPUC] 6, Two CD Copies ( Along. with a copy of joint memo of compromise) t KUL/PSL w- it 3 StPM ;, :...- HIGH COURT DATED:23/06/2025 COMMON ORDER t.A. NOS. 3 AND 4 0F 202b IN/AND CRL.P.No.6473 ot 2025 A LLOWTNG'f I{I] CRT,.PETITION AND I.A. NOS. 3AND 4 OF 2025 t\ \ IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA N. AT HYDERABAD )ey- t-t C ->>1= CRL.P.NO./. ^ bq +j OF 2025 U Between: Sambath Reddy @ Bhathr Sampath S/o .,'tachired(y, aged about 29 years, Occ: erivCte Employee, R/o H.No.3-19, Chekkapalle,.V.emulawada, Rajanna Sircilla -District-. ,, . ...Petitioner 1 \i2 'r( And The Statebf Telangana, Rep. py its Pubtic Prosecutor, High €o0rt At Hyderabad., for the State of Telangana Jy,othi Rgni Wy'o Sampath Reddy @ Bhattu Sampath, aged 25 years, Occ: Housewife, R/o H. No.4-5-68/2, Errakunta, Nacharam, Uppal, Mallapur, Ranga Reddy District. ...Respondents JOINT MEMO . :. ' It is Submitted that the petitioner and. Hre respondent No.2 has resolved .theii issue ani enhrcd;rnto an amicable seRli5nerit at the intervention of etders and tryell wishers otUO, of rr and to thls effeit a separate compromise petition .r- ,,.'::' i,,.," .. is also filed. Hence this .Ioint Memo. Hyderabad :. Date:01-05-2025 .&,[email protected]: Counsel for Respor dent No.2 g. s^*@"- Petitioner S Counsel for Petitioner