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 ...RESPONDENT/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT be pleased to record the compronrise and eUASH the proceeding against the Petitroners/Accused Nos i to 4 in C C. No 15172 OF i024, on fi"ii[ ;i ih" court of the Xrrr Addl chief lvretroporitan vagiitraL, Hyderabad, under section 498-4, 506 l,P.C r/w Sec 4 and 6 D p Act l.A. NO: 1 oF 2025 Petition under Section 5?g of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds or ciim,nat petition, the High court may be pleased to srAy ail Jurther proceeding pending against tiu put,ironu, /Accused Nos. 1 to 4 in c c. No'15172 oF 2'o2i, on the fire of the the court of the Xlll Addl chief rr,4etroporrran.Magistrate, rlrour.oro, Under Section 49g-A, 506 I,P.C r/w Sec 4 and 6 D.p Act, pe-nOing Oisptsat of the euash petition. I.A. NO: 2 OF 202s Petition under section -528 of BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminar petition, the High court may be pleased to permit the petitioner/Accused No.i t" appear and represent the case through their G.p.A.. Holder/Accused No.4. t.A. NO: 3 0F 2025 BETWEEN: Amena Zeeshan, Wo Quadri Age. 28Yrs Occ 305, Maphar Annexe Telengani Mohammed Abdul Muhib D/o Sajid Mazheruddin Househotd R/o H. No 1O_z_11, rtlZ. rits- FiJ"hi; apartment, A.C Guards, Kairtabad, HvOeriOaA, ..PETITIONER/DEFACTO COMPLAINANT AND

1. The State Of Telan Hyderabad , Throug gana Represented by its p.p High Court, At Hvderabad h P.SW P S Centrat Zone. nyOeiaba(i.b. "'''-"'"' ...RESPONDENT/STATE . 2 Mohammed Abdur Muhib, s/o_shaik Abdur Hameed (Husband of the defacto comprainat) Aoe 27yrs occ^private service JuioJa 1.r"aorn ks i'il;ii'li; Sa h"oii,^tr,'i;;;1,;r, Hydera bad, Tetenoana 1 9-3-263 tEtnT A/.1 Nawab tndia presentty residins at.leooan xtA,'{#r;;i;a e,y iiJ Gpn H",rii;r;il;l Mohammed Abdur Ha;eeb sro sna,rr nbiir]'iiiiJ"o Age. 30yrs occ private Service R/o H No 19-3.263iEt231e,,r,- r.rl*rii s"E"ut*ita;ilffi;: Hyderabad, Telengana. lndia 3. Rasheeda Beoum rO Mg1t-ra,_Wto Shaik Abdul Hameed 1Age. 58yrs Occ. Househord R/-o H -No 1s-t:iasii,l);ii,'N;;b sahebkunta, Jahanuma Hvderabad, Terensa na, r noia lMothei in il ;iin;b";;;ii""o.irlilln6" ""'"' 4. Shaik Abdul Hameed S{o^ late Shaik Mohiuddin Age. 60yrs Occ. Homeouard Rr/o H No 1e-3.263tEtxili, n;;;-s;;;[il;;i, Jahanuma, Hvder5bad - s' '| 'rvv,qvqv' Tetengana, tndia (Father in taw otirre belJci" "t"i'p'rri"r"li

5. It/ohammed Abdul Haseeb, S/o Shaik Abdul Hameed Age. 31Yrs Occ. Private Service R/o H. No 19-3-263lEl23lN1 , Nawab Sahebkunta, Jahanuma, Hyderabad, Telengana, lndia (Brother in law of the- Defacto complainant). ...RESPONDENTS/ACCUSED Nos. 1 to 4 Petition under Section 359 (6) of the BNSS, praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petitron, the High Court may be pleased to permit the Petitioner / Defacto complainant and Respondents/Accused No.2 to 5 to compound the non compounding offence registered and pending against Petitioners/Accused No.2 to 5, as C.C.No. 15172 of 2024 on the file of the Court of the Xlll. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, Under Section 498-A,506, LP.C., r/w.4 and 6 of D.P. Act, in view of settlement and compromise between the parties. l.A. NO: 4 OF 2025 Petition under Section 359(2) of the 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 and quash the proceeding against the Res pon d ent/Accused No.1 to 4 in C.C.No. 15172 ol 2024, on the file of the Court of the Xlll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. Under Section 498-A. 506, I P.C. r/w. Section 4 and 6 of D,P Act. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of Sri SYED AHMED ALl, Advocate for the Petitioners and Sri JITHENDER RAO VEERAMALLA, Assistant Public Prosecutor, on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and Sri. MOHAMNIED NADEEM, 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.7766 OF 2025 COMMON 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 petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 in C.C.No.15172 ot 2024 on the file of the Xlll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad.

2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 4 in the Calendar Case registered for the o*n"", punishable under Sections 498-4 and 506 of lndian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. Heard Mr.Syed Ahmed Ali, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the respondent No.1-State and Mr.Mohammed Nadeem, learned counsel for the respondent No.2/de-facfo complainant.

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accordingly, respondent No.2/de-facto complainant filed l.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise \ \ and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4 in C.C.No.15172 of 2024. 2 Nl&./ I-4.Nor) and I ol2025 it/aad Crl.P.No. 7766 of 2025

5. This Court vide otdet dated 25.06.2025 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 08.07.2025 stating that the parties were identified by their respective counsel and also on verification of Aadhar Cards/ldentity Cards and the enquiries revealed that the parties have willfully and without coercion entered into settlemenUcompromise.

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

7. Having considered the allegations, the charged offences, which are essentially matrimonial and inter-personal in nature and taking into account the amicable settlement between. the parties and to restore peace among them, in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh v. Sta(e of Punjab and anotherl and Anit Mishra y. Sfafe of ll.P.2; Sfafe of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others3, this Court is of the considered view that quashment of the impugned proceedings in view of | 2012 (10) SCC 303 ' 2oz+ trusc t8g 3 zors 1s; scc eae --7 -J NTRJ I.,4.NotJ and 4 of 2025 in/ and Crl.P.No- 7766 of 2025 the settlement by exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C-1528 o'f BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice

8. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, all the proceedings in C.C.No.15172 of 2024 on the file of the Xlll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 4.

9. ln the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed //TRUE COPY// SD/. MOHD.ISMAIL DEPUTY REGISTRAR I SECTION OFFICER I To, '1 . The Xlll Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. 2 The Station House Officer. WPS Central Zone P.S , Hyderabad 3. One CC to SRl. SYED AHMED ALl, Advocate [OPUC] 4. One CC to SRl. MOHAMMED NADEEM, Advocate [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR High Court forthe State of Telangana louTl

6. Two CD Copies (Enclosed a Copy of Joint Memo Compromise) MKNiABK ry. HIGH COURT DATED:1610712025 Y COMMON ORDER l.A.Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.7766 of 2025 nl.i iH a,}+ 25JULzffi rf,'r' z + ,t ntlD DISPOSING THE CRIM!NAL PETITION 7 i I t I I i l K (MEMORA NDUM OF tNTRACULAT &-B sqQ i?{ il"i'"tli'il , ) B Ii q- c:z%1 (FILED UNDE SECTION IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELENGANA l.A. No oF 2025 N :: ATHYDERABAD . t '*'ftX4 oF2o2s "n' i,.l:t,**t*ryUffiill"*'";:'^;"r-,=rlx?,x,n AND "iEjf iqil+Fif.T:"'^:lssxlxllA'g?"H"s?i?J'?'*"1'; '$"' ;:ffii'P- ;'i'i 'i ' .l:;;";:";,;J*t"a' rerensana ,I SHATK,ABDUL HAMEED S/O LAtE ShAiK MOhiUddiN "' t#,;'liff-::,uni,?aii' *1Y* Sahebkunta' Jahanuma' Hyoeraoi' Telengana .t u-n'raprl " t#;**i,j*f$*'-''';xl ;:' * "'.,, t"" il : i ynt'4 A i t i 1i I I I I 1 i l\ i\ I x \i I i I \ I I i I 2 That the address of the above named petitioner for the sei, notices, process etc., is that of her counsel Mr. MOHAMMED NADEEM(i ADVOCATE Hyderabad, T.S.. JOINT MEMO. It is submitted that both the petitioner/Defacto comprainant and Respondents/Accused no 1 to 4 has. resorved their issues and entered into an amicable settlement at intervention of the erders and we wishers of both the petitioner and Respondents and to that effect , a separate compromrse petition is also filed Hence_this Joint Memo Date:yo-06-2025 Place: Hyderabad d''"+ r DEFACTO COMPL (A-me-sft 2_ l>-e.se COUNSE COUNSEL F mOl^...rnrnt-{ NtJ e-@$C EFACTO COMPLAINANT 1l 2l C f ot^c.r'-Wfq-r,t 6whi b )-*4 - 6PA" t'"la n h- ""c R:."r,J 1-tcr.n=!)-, b\,frE LoonP-c \ 9<<,vtt D h^*"^-i-.z) @) a-(*x"{ ( 3) 4) PETITIONERS/ACCUS 0OO Lo" t.rtru-4 IIH PETITIONERS/ACCUSED NO f to 4 .J ED NO*1 to 4 0{dr.} $^Srp-b> $^\^ Sv eJ r.' l' QlbD I I I i I I I I I i I I t. i ) :i t, i I l I,I I ,l I i