The High Court · 2025

2. Smt. P Ranga Em Patnam, D/o. , R/o. Flat N Narayana Patnam, Aged about 27 years, Occ. o.101, Mallepuwu Apartment, Serilingampally, dents/Defacto Complainant 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 C.C. No. 142212024 on the file of Principal JuniorCivil Judge-cum-Vlll Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally for the offences under Sections U/s. 498-A, 3,4, DPA. o. I Smt. Spandana Patnam, D/o. NqFyqrla Patnam, Aged about 27 years, Occ. Private^Employ_qe, R/o. Flat No.10f, Mallepuwu ApZrtment, Seritinganipally, Ranga Reddy Diskict. ..Petitioner/ Respondent No.2/Defacto Comptainant AND

1. Macha Gnana Chaithanya, S/o. Chantaiah, Aged about 30 years, Occ. Software,

2. Macha Chantaiah, S/o. Late Gangaiah, Aged about 68 years, Occ. Business, 3. Macha Venkata Lakshmi, W/o. Macha Chaintaiah, Aged about 62 years, Occ. Housewife,

4. Macha Swapna, Wo. M. Vijay Kumar, Aged about 41 years, Occ. House wife, 5. Macha Vijay Kumar, S/o. Chantaiah, Aged about 42 years, Occ. Business, All are in R/o. H.no. 3-3-632, Gavathri Nagar, Ward No.17, Nizamabad.

6. The State olTelangana, Represented the State ofTelangana, Hyderabad. nts/Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 5 by Public Prosecutor, High Court for . Respondents/Respondent No. 1 Petition under section 359(6) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal petition, the High court may be pleased to permit the petitioner/respondent No.2 to compound the offences with the respondents/petitioners/ Accused No.1 to s herein by allowing the criminal Petition filed by the petitioner against c.c. No. '1422t2024 on the iile of Principal Junior civil Judge-cum vlll Additional Judicial Magistrate of First class, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally. t. 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 per-mit the petitioner/de-facto complainant to record- compromise the case with the Petitioners/Accused No.1 to s and the proceedings against the petitioner/Accused may be quashed in c.c. No.1422lzo24 on the file oiprincipal Junior civil Judge-cum Vlll Additional Judicial Magistrate of First class, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally. I I I l This Petition coming on for hearing, upon pe rusing the Memorandum of upon hearing the arguments of Petitioners and the Public prosecutor on Y Joseph, Advocate for the Respondent Grounds of Criminal petition and Sri G Sanjeeva Reddy, Advocate for the behalf of the Respondent No.1 and of Sri No. 2. The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER i t i i : : t I I I I I i I : i THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO I.A.No.1 atd2 of 2@5 IN/AND CRIMINAL PEf,ITION No.142O1 of 2o25 Between: Macha Gnana Chaithanya and four others AND ....Petitioners/accused Nos. I to 5 The State of Telangana, Represented by Public Prosecutor, Fligh Court of Judicature and another . ... Respondents : COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 5 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No. 1422 of 2O24 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-cum-VIII Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy Districr at Kukatpally, for the offences under Sections 498-4 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act..

2. Mr. G. Sanjeeva Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr. Y. Joseph, learned counsel for respondent No.2, submitted that during the pendency of the present Criminal Petition, at the instance of the well wishers, relatives and elders, the parties have settled the dispute and entered compromise and filed Joint Memo. Accordingly, respondent No.2 filed I.A.Nos. 1 and 2 of 2O2S to pcrmit them to 2 compound the offences and to record the compromise entered between them respectivelY.

3.ThisCourtuideorders,datedo3.1l.2o25ando4.|2.2o25, directed the par-ties i.e., the petitioners and respondent No'2' to appear before the High court L,egal Services committee, Hyderabad' on or before L4.1t.2O25 and 1o.L2.2O25 respectively' In compliance of the said orders, the secretary, High court Legal services committee, has submitted reports, clated 14.12'2025 and lo'L2'2O25' stating that the petitioners and respondent No.2 were duly identified with copies of their Aadhar Cards. It is further stated that the parties have willfully and without any coercion entered into compromise'

4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 has not opposed the same. S.ThepartieshereinhavefiledJointMemoalongwithl.A.No.2of 2025. The said Joint Memo and the report of the secretary, Telangana High courl Legal services committee, Hyderabad, are placed on record.

6. In view of the said report and also in view of the compromise enteredbetweent}repetitionersandrespondentNo.2aswellasthe submissions made by the respective parties, I'A'Nos' 1 and 2 of 2025 areallowed.Consequently,theproceedingsinC.C.No.1422of2024 on the file of tl.e Principal Junior civil Judge-cum-vlll Additional / 3 Judicial Magistrate of First class, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpaly, are hereby quashed against the petitioners. 7 ' Accordingly, the criminal petition is allowed, subject to payment of costs of Rs.1o,oo0/- (Rupees ten thousand onr5r) by the petitioners to the High court Legat Services committee, within ten (10) days from Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shail stand closed //TRUE COPY// SD/. B REKHA RANI STANT REGISTRAR ECTION OFFICER To, {g-fronoliran Magistrate, Kukatpary, cyberabad 1' The V',r Additionar 2' The station House officer, Miyapuiffi"" birtion, cyberabad 3' Two ccs to pubric prosecutoi, High d;; toitn" state of rerangana at 4. One CC to Sri G Sanjeeva Reddy, Advocate tOpUCI 5. One CC to Sri y Joseph, Advocate fOpUCi.' HYderabad IOUTI -r-'''rY'vvsrv rvr \"vJ i Af 6. Two CD Copies v ABK Along with a copy of Joint Memo of Compromise Note: TotarAmount of Rs. 10,ooo/- ( Rupees Ten thousand onry ) has been paid by sri G sanjeeva Reddy, counset for the Petitioner as directed by the Hon,ble court vide order dated 15.12.2025 to the ',secretary, High court Legar services committee, High court for the state of Terangana,, and fired Memo as proof of compriance USR No. 149546 0f 2025 and Receipt No. 020 dated 22_12_2025. _i 'xrt HIGH COURT DATED: 1511212025 4 tE O Tt .$' s \ \ H 0n{ * * COMMON ORDER l.A.No.l and 2 of 2025 ln/And CRLP.No.14201 of 2A25 ALLOWING THE I.A.Nos.1 and 2 ot 2025 AND THE CRIMINAL PETITION ( 'z 7> HIGHcoURTFoRTHESTATEoFTELANGANAATHYDE.RABAD 3 I.A. No. Crl.P No. C.C. No. of2025 of2025 of.2024 IN IN r+22 Between

1. Macha Gnana Chaitharrya S/o' Chantaiah' Aged about 3O Year,Occ: Software,

2. Macha Chantaiah, S/o' l'ate Gangaiah' Aged about 68 Years, Occ: Business' J

3. Macha Venkata Lakshmi W/o' Macha' Chaintaiah' Aged about 62Years, Occ: Housewife'

4. Macha SwaPna W/o- M'VijaY Kumar' Aged hbout 41 Years, Occ: House wife'

5. Macha Vtjay Kumar, S/o' Chantaiah' Aged about 42Years, Occ: Business' All are in R/o. H.no. 3-g-6g2, Gayathri Nagar' Ward No'17' Nizamabad And Petitioners/ Accused No.l to 5

1. The State of Telangana Represented by Public Prosecutor, High Court Of Judicature

2. Smt.Spandana Patnam D/o' Narayana Patnam Aged about 27 years, Occ: Private Employee' R/o. Flat Nd-f01, Mallepuwu ApartrnenJ' Serilingampally, Ranga Reddy' District'' Respondents . :de-facto comPlainant/ ' ResPondent . Gtqt'ot- \\ F i t' 'i:I ::i :! i I i J I I n ! I I _fi1 \ r\\ (a JOINT MEMO FILED ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER AND THE RESPONDENT NO.2 It is to submit that due to intervention of elders and well- 1. wishers, the Petitioner f accused 1 to 3 and Respondent No.2 entered into compromise, wherein, Respond.ent No.2 / Complainant agreed to withdrarr all the allegations against-the Respondents/ accused 1to 5 and she i"i:rro longer willing to pursue the criminal proceedings against the Respondents/ / Accused l" 1.o 5. As a matter of fact, ttre Respondent No, 2 / defacto- complainant h.ereby withdraw all the allegations $gainst the Petitioners / Accused and that such stand was taken by her voluntarily without receiving any kind of pressure or coercion. OntltOT 2025, a separate memorandum of understanding is also executed by tJ:e Respondents 2 and Petitioner No.l / Accused and the Respondent No.2 / defacto-Complainant and they undertake to adhere to the terms and conditions stipulated in the said memorandum of understanding- l

2. The Respondent No. 2 / defacto-Complainant, agreed. to withd.raw the allegations ancl since, offences alleged are compoundable in nature,'with the leave of Honorable court, she may be permitted to withdraw tl e hllegations and quash the proceedings in C.C. No. 1422/2024 on the file of prl. Junior civil judge-cum VIII Addl. Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ranga Reddy District at Kukatpally for ttre offences U/s. 498-A,3,4, DPA and Pass such orderandordersasdeemfitandproperintheinterestofjustice. Hence this Joint Memo. (n,6"Gs * Hyderabad Datep -Ll-2O25 \e&""" Counsel for the petitioner/accused No. 1 to 5