The High Court · 2025

2. Smt. Konadoddi Jhansi Lakshmi @Dandem Jhansi.Lakshmi, Wo Konadoddi VUay Kumar, D/o Late Balraj Dandem Age. 26 years, 0cc. Private Employee, R/o H. No. 17-1-391lclcl26, Singareni Colony, Saidabad, Hyderabad, Telangana-500059. 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 in Crime No.78712O25, Dt.16lOGl2025 on ...RespondenUDefacto Complainant the file of Kukatpatly Police Station, registered for the offences U/s 'l 18(2) r/w 3(5) of BNS, against the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 5 and 7. l.A. NO: 2OF 2025 Petition uncler 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 arrest of the Petitioners herein/Accused No.1 to 5 and 7 in crime No.78712025, D1.1610612025 0n the file of Kukatpally Police Station registered foi the offences U/s 118(2) rlw 3(5) of BNS, pending disposal of the above Criminal Petition. l.A. NO: 3 OF 2025 Between Smt. Konadoddi Jhansi Lakshmi @Dandem Jhansi Lakshmi, Wo Konadoddi Vijay Kumar, D/o Late Balraj Dandlem Age. 26 years, Occ Private Employee, Rlo tt. No. 17-1-391lclcl26, Singareni Colony, Saidabad, Hyderabad, Telangana-500059. ...Petitioner/Respondent No.2 in l.A.Nos.3 and 4 ot 2O25 AND 1 The State of Telangana, Through S.H.O., Kukatpally P.S., Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad. ...RespondenURespondent No.1 in l.A.Nos.3 and 4 ol 2O25

2. Vinay @Kondadoddi Vinay Kumar, S/o Kondadoddi Amruth, fO9 2a_yeqrs, No.1-15, Regode, Lingampalli Medak District, - Occ.' B-usiness, R/o H. Telangana-502290.

3. Vijay Kumar @Konadhoddi Vijay Kumar,, S/o Konadhoddi Amruth, ASe ?9 yeais, Occ. Pvt. Employee, R/o H. No.12-6-2125, Vivek Nagar, Kukatpalli, ivledChal-Malkajgiri District, Telangana-500072.

4. Krishna @Badolla Srikrishna; , S/o Late Badolla Narasimha, Age. years, occ. Coo-lie, R/o H. No.10-03-139, Fathenagar, Harijan basthi, Balanagar Ranga Reddy District, Telangana-500018. -39

5. Sunil @Chevella Sunil, S/o Chevella Manikyam, Age. 27 .years,_Occ. Coolie, R/o Hl No.l5-98/2/G, Road NO.1, Vandanapuri Colony, Beeramguda' Ameenpur, Sangareddy District, Telangana-5o2032.

6. Shekar @Parveda Shekar, S/o Parveda Narsimlu, Age, 9? years,_ Occ. Coolie, R7o H. No.10-98, Station Gollaguda, Nawabpet, Yellakonda, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana-501203.

7. Shyamala @Konadoddi Shyamala, S/o Late Kondadoddi Amruth, Age. 49 years, Occ. Household, R/o H. No.12-6-2125, Vivek Nagar, Kukatpally, MedChal-Malkajgiri District, Telangana-500072. ...Respondents/Petitioner in l.A.Nos.3 and 4 ol 2025 v-\; Petition ,nl=r_ section 3-s9(61 o{ a{s^s. praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of crtuno, or criminiip"tition, the High court may be pleased to oermit the ,.."ponalnt No.2 to fire the compromise petition and to withdraw the complaint dat-J-i{toatzoztr.gil#d vide crime Nb.zgz of 2o2s dated 16loot2o2-5 on ffre Ji xrt"tp"riv'FtIriJe station, registered for the "i'eNs "g'r,'rit irr-e Eetitioners/Aciused No 1 to 5 :lT?:eS U/s 1 18 (2) rm arsl -nL l.A. NO: 4 OF 2025 Petition uT-"1_sg"tion _359(21 ?f Brlg praving that in the circumsrances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds or criniinai petition, the High court may be pleased to comporld the pioceedings in crime No Tgz oi zozsdated 1610612025 on th-e file of xrrrti"lrv pori.L- sir,,Ii , registered for the offences or aNsd-;'H" parties r,rr"-"orpromised the matter and YJ:.1',?.'rXH.:u This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri srikanth Gunti' Advocate for the Petitioners and the sri Jithender Rao veerama,a, Additionar pubric prosecutor on beharf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri M.Srikanth, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI coMMON ORDI=R 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 in crime No'787 of 2}25of Kukatpally Police Station' Cyberabad District'

2.ThepetitionersarcarrayedasaccusedNos.lto5&TintheCrime registered for the offences punishable under sections 1 1B(2) read with Section 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short .BNS, 2023,).

3.HeardMr.SrikanthGunti,learnedcounselforthepetitioners' lMr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor' representing respondent No.1-State and Mr. M' Srikanth' learned counsel for respondent No.2 lde-facto complainant'

4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise and, accordingly, they moved 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 5 & 7 in -Crime No.7B7 of 2025- 2 ATTR,/ l.,,l.Nor) and4 o.l'2025 in/and Crl.P.No.8086 of 2025

5. This Courtvide order dated 10.07.2025 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 31.07.2025 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 settlemenUcomprom ise.

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

7. The accusations against petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 5 and 7 in the police report are that on 2g.05.2o1g, the de facto complainant's marriage was performed with Konadoddi Vijay Kumar in the presence of elders, and later, her husband and in-laws began harassing her. On

31.05.2025, she gave birth to a baby girl. Since then, her husband, mother-in-law Shyamala, and brothers-in-law Vinay, Krishna, and Sunil have been harassing her physically and mentally because she gave birth to a female child. On 15.06.2025 at 15:00 hours, her husband called her brother Uday Kumar and her mother. By 17:00 hours, her husband and brothers-in-lawsA/inay, Krishna, Sunil, Shekar, and Shiva assaulted her brother. Vinay beat him with a stick, resulting in partial damage to two of 3 N71{,/ 1..,1.N,tt.) and I o.l'2025 in/and (.r/. P.N 0.8086 al. 202 5 his teeth. Having considered the allegations, the nature of charged offences and taking into account the amicable settlement between the parties and to restore peace among them, in the liglrt of the dictums in Gian Singh y. .Sfate of Puniab and another' and Anit Mishra v. Sfafe of tt.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 528 of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice. B. Accordingly, l.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, all proceedings in Crime No. 787 of 2025 of Kukatpally Police Station, Cyberabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 5 and 7. I ln the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of- Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed. T!IL L,t:) 5ce 3o\ 2- 7-o1-\ Ahr%. t8al e uoln ( s) su- Let To, //TRUE COPY/ SD/- B. REKHA RANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR 6 SECTION OFFICER I J

1. The Xll Additional Junior Cviil Judge-cum-Xll Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Medchal-Malkajgiri at Prashanth Nagar, Kukatpally. Hyderabad [OUT]

2. The Station House Officer, Kukatpally Police Station, Cyberabad. 3. Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at 4. One CC to Sri Srikanth Gunti, Advocate IOPUC] 5. One CC to Sri M.Srikanth Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CD Copies NVB/gh9 i '. i I .. :; (r :t I HIGH COURT DATED i3110712025 COMMON ORDER l.A.Nos.3 AND 4 OF 2025 ln/And CRLP.No.8086 of 2025 i .',i: 1., I7i, .i. fi\ .{' (J fi,, [lBU ffi Pr\ A DISPOSING THE CRLP AND ALLOWING THE l.A.Nos.3 AND 4 OF 2025 :F, .i,{.,f}fli IN THE HON'BLE TIIGH COURT OF IUDICATURE FOR, THE STATE OF TETANGANA . ATHYDERABAP cRLp. No. Vok 6 oF zozs Crime No. 787, OF 2025 (On the file of P.S. Kukatpally, Cyberabad District) \ : Between:

1. Vinay @Kondadoddi Vinay Kumar; S/o Kondadoddi Amruth, Age:24 years, Occ: Business, R/o H. No.1-15, Regode, Lingampalli Medak D istrict, t"l"rng*, -iOZZS O. Z. Viiay Kumar @Konadhoddi Viiay I(,r*"JS/o Konadhoddi Amruth, Age: 28 years, Occ: Pvt. Epployee, R/o H. No.L2-6-2l25, Vivek Nagar, Kukatpalli, MedChal-Malkajgiri District, Telangana -50007 2.

3. Krishna @BadoIIa Sriknishn", S7o Late Badolla Narasimha, Age: 39 years, Occ: Coolie, R/o H. No.10-03-139, Fathenagar, Harijan basthi, Balanagar Ranga Reddy District, Telangana-s00018.

4. Sunil @Chevella Sunil, S/o Chevellarlvlanikyam, . .ii R/o H. No.15-98/2/G,:Road NO.1, Vanda'napuri Colony, B eeramguda, Ameen pur, Sangareddy D i strict, Telangana .5 02032

5. Shekar @Parveda Shekar, S/o Parveda Narsimlu, Age: 32 years, Occ: Coolie, Rlo H. No.10-98, Station Gollaguda, Nawabp-et, Yellakonda, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana -50L2O3. ",:':

6. Shyamala @,Konadoddi shyamala, S/o Late Kond.adoddi Amruth, Age: 49 years, Occ: Household, n7o ff. io.1,2-6-2/25, Vivek Nagar, Kukatpally,' MedChal-Malkajgiri District, Telangana:5q0072 AND ...Petitioners l-. The State of Telangana, Through S.H.[)., Kukatpally P.S., Rep. by Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad.

2. Smt. Konadoddi f hansi Lakshmi @Dandem |hansi Lakshmi, W/o Konadoddi Viiay Kumar,Df o Late Balraj Dandem Agez 26years, Occ: Private EmPloYee, R1o H. No. 17-L-39L/G/G126, Singareni Colony, Saidabad, Hyclerallad, Telangana-500059. ...Respondent/l)e facto Comp lainant JOINT MEMO FILED BYTHE PARTIES May it please your LordshiP, It is submitted that the above Cr[minal Petition is filed by the Petitioners praying the Hon'ble court to Quash the proceedings in Crime No.787 /2025,Dt.L6' 06-2;25on the file of Kukatpally Police Station, registered for the offences U/s ILB(Z) r/w 3(5) of BNS. It is subrnitted that, the Petitioners/Accused No.L to 5 & 7 and the Respondent No.ll hcrein have settled the matter amicably out rtf the court in the above said case and in view of the settlement arrived between the parties, the Respondent No.Z does not want to proceed further with the above ca$e'and she does not have any objection to quash the proceedings in the above said case. Therefore, it is prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to permit the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 5 & 7 and the Respondent No.2 to compromise the above Crime NoJB7 /2025,Et.L6-06-2025 on the file of Kukatpally Police Station, registered for the offences U/s tt9{Z) r/w 3[!) of BNS, and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble court may,be deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Petitioner No.2 w Petitioner tUo.6 Petitioner fVri.65 4{ Petitioner No.1 \N{i*t Petitioner No.3 BLtrfJx Petitioner No.* d-' ( .rr", "ElmX P eti ti o n e rs Place: Hyderabad. Dated :gc-A6-2025 O'd,o*[ulr'I'*e Respondent No.Z a No.2