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The State of Telangana, Rep by its Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. Smt. Adeeba Begum, Wo. lrfan Patan D/o. Shaik Fareed, Aged about 23 Years, Occ. Housewife, R/o. Aneesnagar Locality, Bodhan Town, Nizambad District Cell No, 994866'1037 ... Res p o n de n ts/C om p la in a n t Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circu;nstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Crrminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the Criminal Proceedings against the Petitoners/Accused Ncs.1 to 7 in Crime No.219 of 2025 registered by P.S. Bodhan Town and pending on the file of Hon'ble Judicial First class Magistrate at Bodhan. l.A. NO: 1 OF 202'.5 Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that ir the circumstances stated in the Mernorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased a. S;tay the investigation, arrest, and all further proceedings in Crime No.219 of 2O25 registered at Police Station Bodh.:n Town against the Petitioners/Accused Nos'1 to 7, pending on the file of Hon'ble Judicial First Class Magistrate at Bodhan for the offences under Sections €5 and '109 of BNS, b. Restrain the police investigating officers, and other authctities from taking any coercive action, rncluding arrest or custodial interrogation of the Petitioners, pending disposal of the present oetition. l.A-Nos.2 AND 3 OF 2025 l.A. NO: 2 OF 2O2a; Between: Smt. Adeeba Begum, Wo. lrfan Patan D/o. Shaik Fareec, Aged about 23 Years, Occ. Housewife, R/o. Aneesnagar Locality, Bodh;rn Town, Nizambad District Cell No. 994866'1037 ...Petitioner/Respondent No.2/Dt,facto Complainant AND 1 lrfan Patan, S/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, Aged about 29 Employee. R/o. Udmeergally, Bodhan At present. Malakl:et, Global Mart, Hyderabad Ph.No. 9'100640162 years, occ- Pvt Azampura, Near
2. Smt Razia Begurr. Wo. Late Shaik Mohammed, Aged about 60 Years Housewife Udmeergally, Bodhan At present. lt/alakpet, Azampura, Global I\,4a rt, Hyderabad Occ Near
3. Smt Yasmeen Begum, D/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, W/o. lihah Farooq, Aged aboul 24 Years, Occ Housewife R/o. Udmeergally, E;odhan At present. Malakpet, Azampura, Near Global Mart, Hyderabad
4. Smt Heena Begum, D/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, Aged about 28 Years, Occ Housewife R/o. Renjalbase, Bodhan.
5. Smt. lrfana Begum, D/o. Late Late Shaik lt4ohammed, Ag,;d about'27 Years Occ Housewife R/o. Mudhole (V) and Mandal, Nizarnbad Dist. Ph.No. 7207351196.
6. Smt Farhana Begum, D/o. Late Shak Mohammed, Aged about 35 Years, housewife R/o. Armoor Village, Nizambad District. Ph:6304846604
7. Syed lbrahim, S/o Syed lsmail, Age 55 years, R/o. Modhrrle (V), Nirmal Dist Ce||.9154131876, Occ Pvt Employee
8. The State of -felangana, State of Telangana at Hyderabad Rep by its Public Prosecutor, lligh Court for the ...Respondents/Complainants Petition under Section 359(6) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the [t4emorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, thr: High Court may be pleased to permit the Complainant to compound the offence in Crime.No.219 of 2025 on the file ot' Hon'ble Judicial First class Magistrate at Bodhan, against the Petitioners/Accused Nos,'1 to 7 in the interest of justice. a t.A. 3 0F 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 in the above criminal petition and quash the C.C.No.2'l 9 ot 2025 on the file of Hon'ble Judicial First class Magistrate at Bodhan, by compounding the offence in terms of compromise ,n the interest of .justice. This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusrng the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition and upon hearrng the arguments of Sri Muddam Vishal Reddy, Advocate for the Petitioners and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, Additional Public Prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri Rahul Shivram Mane, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER I THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKAIiAMJI l.A.Nos.2 AND 3 OF 2025 ln/And CRIMINAL PETITION No.8527 OF 202!i COMMON ORDEFI 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 petitoners/acc used Nos.'l to 7 in Crime No.219 of 2025, on the file of the Bodhan Town, I'lizamabad
2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos."l to 7 in the Crime case registered for the offences punishable under Sectiors 85 and 109 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for short 'BNS').
3. Heard Mr.l/luddam Vishal Reddy, learned ccunsel for the petitioners, Mr.J ithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Acl,litional Public Prosecutor. representing the respondent No.1-State and Mr.Rahul Shivram Mane, learned counsel for the respondent No.2lde-facto complainant
4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into ttre compromise and, accordingly. respondent No.2/de-facfo complainant filed l.A:Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter inlo compromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against ttp I . petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7 in Crime No.219 of 2025. 2 \./11./ 1.. L\0.i.? a;t:l ) ,'i )02 i :r i atr/ Gi.l).)ta. Ei), ,t lt)2 i
5. This Court vide 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 24.O7.2025 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
5. lhave considered the submissions of the learned counsel and perused the materials on record.
7. Having considered the allegations, the nature of charged offences and taking into account the amicable settlement between the parties, in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and anotherl and Anit Mishra v. State of u.P.2; 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.1528 of BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice. I t 12012 (10) SCC 303 ' 2oz4 INSC 189 I zo19 (s) scc 688 3 \ni.i l.).\o.i.).trt)q202) irf aul (r.'. t).i',r,.,l t ), t[ 2E 5 B. Accordinqly. LA.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowerl. Consequently, all the proceedings in Crime No.219 of 2025, on the file of the Bodhan Town, Nizamatrad, are hereby quashed against the prr:itioners/accused Nos.1 to 7
9. ln the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall sland closed. SD/. B. REKHA RANI ASSI ANT REGISTRAR -4 //TRUE COPY// S CTION OFFICER I To,
1. The Judicial First Class Magistrate, Bodhan i. fh. Sirtio" House Officer, 3.TwoCCstoPublicProsecutor,HighCourtfortheStaterlfTelanganaat Town Police Station' Nizamabad "Bodhan Hyderabad [OUTI +. One CC to Sri lr/luddam Vishal Reddy, Advocate [OPUC 5. One CC to Sri Rahul Shivram Mane, Advocate [OPUC] 6. Two CD CoPies \ V AI]K,'gh Along with a copy of Joint Memo of Con'promise HIGH COURT DATED: 011081202s COMMON ORDER LA.Nos,2 AND 3 OF 2025 ln/And CRLP.No.8527 ot 2',025 J. I v\ 2 I BII i0]5 lir:,n,"t,, tt-o DISPOSING OF THE: CRIMINAL PETITION AND ALLOWING THE l.A.Nos.2 AND 3 OF 2025 4 4,4 /9 /to /4 JOINT MEMO FILED BY BOTH THE PARTIES Both the parties submit that, the above matter is settled out of the Court and the matter is compromised the Petitioner/De-facto Complainant has no objection in quashing the proceedings in Crime No.219 of 2025 on thefile of Hon'ble ludicial First class Magistrate at Bodhan, U/s. 85 and 109 of BNS, and pass such other order or orders may deem'fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. M Petitioner/ Accused No.1 /,rl */,/ ilo/ ./--.., Petitioneri Accused No.{ \l*Sur tln Petitioner/ Accused No.J It eertut Petitioner/ Accused Nofr -L'fu,^e. Petitioner/ Accused No.f, )ob3 Petitioner/ Accused No 4 A BU_ Petitioner/ Accused No$ blA. Respondent No.2/ De-Facto Complainant Counsel for Petitio Respondent No.2 Counsel for sed Nos.l to 7 Place: Hyderabad Date: 07.07.2025 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE SIATE OF TELANGAN,I AT HYDERABAD i.A.No. CRL,P.No. IN oF 202! oF 2025 (Crime No. 219 of 2025, On the File of Hon'ble ludi:ial First Class Maqistrate at Bodhan, Registered at P.S. Bodlan Town) Smt. Adeeba Begum Wo. Irfan Patan D/o. Shaik Fare r:d, Aged about 23 Years, Occ: Housewife, R/o. Aneesnagar Locality, Bodh;rn Town, Nizambad District, Cell No. 994866L037. ....Petitioner/Respondent No.2/ De-facto Complainant AND
1. Irfan Patan S/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, Aged about 29 years, Occ: Pvt Employee, R/o. Udmeergally, Bodhan, At present: M,rlakpet, Azampura, Nar Global Mart, Hyderabad, Ph.No.9100640162
2. Smt Razia Begum Wo. Late Shaik Mohammed, Aged about 60 Years,d{c:UdAQt;k R/o. Udmeergally, Bodhan, At present: Malakpet, Az,rmpura, Nar Global Mart, Hyderabad.
3. Smt Yasmeen Begum D/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, tV/o. Shah Farooq,6ct: tbqJ.i-rl4 Aged about 24 Years, R/o. Udmeergally, Bodhan, At rlresent: Malakpet, Azampura, Nar Global Mart, Hyderabad
4. Smt Heena Begum D/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, Agr:d about 28 Years,ptc:Hs(etll,!'t R/o. Renjalbase, Bodhan.
5. Smt. Itfana Begum D/o. Late Late Shaik Mohammt:C, Aged about 27 Dc llae!-uil* Years, R/o. Mudhole (V) and Mandal, Nizambad Dist.
6. Smt Farhana Begum D/o. Late Shaik Mohammed, Ag:d about 35 Years, o(1 6/u'tec'rr- R:/o. Armoor Village, Nizambad District. Cell. 63048a(,r:01. .t Af JdYetr4 6&:fv: t"'0le'r'r4
7. Syed Ibrahim S/o. Syed Ismail,'R/o. Modhole (V), Nirmal Dist, Cell: 9154131876 ...Respondent/ Petitioners/Accused Nos. 1 to 7 8, The State of Telangana, Represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad. *r*NF- ...Responcie rrt/ Complainant