The High Court · 2025

1. state of relengana, Rep by Public Prosecutor, High court of relengana, Hyderabad.

2. Mrs Banoth Kalavathi, w/o Sriram aged 26 years Occ. housewife R/o Peddalamabadi thanda of Nennel ...RESPON DENT/COMPLAINANTS 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 SC No. 43 of 2023 of PS Nennel, Mancherial District and pending on the file of the Learned I Addl District and Sessions Judge Mancherial in view of the settlement between the Petitioners and the Second Respondent here in. 't or: Mrs. Bzrnoth Kalavathi, w/o Sriram aged 26 years Occ. housewife R/o Peddatamabadi thancia of Nennel. v - - -- ., vsrv vvv' I

7. .....PETITIONER/RESPONDENT NO. 2. iilt:ri,jrl:"'sana' Rep bv Public Prosecutor, Hish court or rerensana, Banoth Sriram, S/o Kokya aged 22 years Occ.Agrl (husband of R_2) Mrs Banoth Buiamma. W?..fg!y. ?9?9 ?Z years Occ.housewife (mother in taw of F-2) Both R/o Saidapur minaai klrimnl-gli ""' Mrs Lavudya Raieshwari. *{9 B"ju aged.35 years Occ. Housewife Rlo 4-4511 Ballunayakthand'a Mirzapur Karininagir. lsistler in-fJw oi n_Zy Lavudya Raiu. S/o Jalou.{gsfl 39 years Occ. Cootie Rto Rto 4_4511 Ballunay'akthhnda Mirzapur xaiimnagar.'(-Htioan?of Fetnr rrro.Sy Mrs Kunsoth Renuka Chinna.,.Wo Aged. 29 years Occ. housewife R/o Mirzapur Husnabad Siddipet (si;te; i; t;ri; ir) ,"''' Banoth Ftarshuram. S/o Kokya.aged 23 years Occ. Aqrl r/o Saidapur mandal Karimnal;ar (Husband or pethi rudne .p6;;; ioijnS"d".pondent No. 2. s) ........RESPONDENTS Petition under Section S2g of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the M'-'morandum of Grounds or criinin'ai'Fetition, the High court may be pleased.to permit the petitioner I aeracto complainant and A_1 to 4_6 to compound the offences in sc .No. 43 0f 2023 .i-pd ru.nn"t Mancheriar District and pending on the fire of the rearned ilaJr 'o]rtn"t and sessions Judge Mancheriar in 'riew of the settlement between lhe petitioners and second respondent herein. 2 Petition under Sectjon.52B of. BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Mernorandum of Grounds or crimin'ai petition, the High court may be pleased to record the compromise between thelarties herein and to quash sc No 43 of 2023 c't ps Nenner Mancheriar oi.tii"i lno pending on the fire of the learned rAddr District and,sessions lrog" M;r;h,lriar in view of the settrement between the petitioners and second ,".p"i,d""t fi"i"i". This Petiticn coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of crimirar petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri B JAGADTSH ,Advocate for the petitioner and sri. Jithender Rao veeramaila the Additional Public Prosecutor (TG) on beharf of the Respondent No..r. and of sri Aniganti Venkatesh Advocate for the Respondent No. 2- The Court made ttre fottowing: ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2O25 IN AND CRIMINAL PETITION No.15298 of 2O25 Date: 1A.L2.2O25 Between : Banoth Sriram and five others ....Petitioners/Accused Nosl to 6 AND State of Telangana represented by Public Prosecutor, and another ....Respondents COMMON ORDER: This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 6 seeking to quash the proceedings in S.C. No.43 of 2023 on the file of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mancherial.

2. Heard Mr.B.Jagadish, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr.Aniganti Venkatesh, learned counsel for respondent No.2 and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing on behalf of respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners 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 disputes \ 2 pendinEi between them and entered into compromise and filed Joint compromise Memo. Accordingly, the parties have fited I.A.Nos.I and 2 of 2021,5 seeking permission to compound the offences and to record t the compromise entered between them.

4. Ttris court uide order, dated 24.r1.2o2s, directed the parties i.e., the petitioners and respondent No.2, to appear before the High court Lr:gal Services committee, Hyderabad, on or before ol.12.2o2s for their identification. In compliance of the said order, the Secretary, High court Legal Services committee, has submitted report, dated 28-r1.2025, stating that the petitioners and respondent No.2, were duly iderrtified with copies of their Driving license/Aadhar Cards/Pan Card. It is further stated that the parties have wiltfully and without any coerc,ion entered into compromise.

5. In 'uie'*, of the said report and also in view of the compromise entered between the petitioners and respondent No.2 as well as the submissicrns made by the respective parties, I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 are allowe:d. Consequently, the proceedings in S.C. No.4 3 of 2023 on the file of the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mancherial, are hereby quashed against the petitioners.

6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, subject to payment of costs ol'Rs.S,ooo/- (Rupees five thousand only) to the High court Legal Sen'ices committee, Hyderabad and Rs.S,Ooo/- (Rupees five ., thousand only) to the Telangana High Court Advocates Association, Hyderabad, by the petitioners, on or before 31.I2.2O25. Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. Sd/. M.NAGAMANI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER i1 To.' SJrl'o l-

1. The lAddl District and Sessions Judge Nlancherial, ft/ancherial District. 2. The.Nennel Police Station, Mancherial District 3. 4. One CC to SRl. ANIGANTI VENKATESH [OPUC] 5. Two CCs to PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, High Court for the State of Telangana One CC to SRl. B JAGADISH Advocate [OPUC] at Hyderabad [OUT].

6. Two CD Copies (AIong with a Copy of Joint Memo of Cornpromise) Pk/ab P.S Tw Note: TotalAmount of Rs. 10,000/- ( Rupees Ten thousand only ) has been paid by Sri B Jagadish, Counsel for the Petitioner as directed by the Hon'ble Court vide order dated 18.12.2025 as Rs. 5,000/- ( Rupees Five thousand only ) to the High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad, and Rs. 5,000/- ( Rupees Five thousand only ) to the Telangana High Court ACvocates Association, Hyderabad and filed ttlemo as proof of compliance USR No. 150787 of 2025 and Receipt No. 028 dated 24-12-2025. I ! { I HIGH COURT E t18t12t2025 1 A.Nos.l and 2 o12025 ln/And CRLP.No.15298 ot 2025 ( otJ flE, Si'A 6 tE8 2026 * {'... CRIMINAL PEITITION IS QUASHED AGAINST r=li S KS </"-f-e d (CRIMTNAL MrSC. PETITION) (U/S-s28 CR'P'C') BEFORE TTIE HONOURABLE HIGH'COURT OF TET'ENGANA AT: TfYDERABAD I.A No: of 2025 tN CRLP No.: of2025 B 1) Banoth Sriram S/o Kokya aged 22 years Occ: Agrl (husband of R-2) 2) Mrs Banoth Bujamma Wo kokyaaged5T years Occ: housewife Both R/o Saidapur mandal Karimnagar 3) Mrs Lavudya Rajeshwari w/o Raju aged 35 years occ: Housewife No 4-4511 Baltunayakthanda Mirzapur Karimnagar. (sister in law of R-2) I I t: R/o R/o 4-451 lBallunayakthanda Mirzapur Karimnagar. (Husband of Petnr No;3) 5) Mrs Kunsoth Renuka @ Chinna Wo Aged: 29 years Occ: housewife [Vo Mirzapur Husnabad Siddipet (sister in law of R-2) 6) Banoth Parshuram S/o Kokya aged 25 years Occ: Agrl r/o Saidapur inandal Karimnagar (Husband of Petnr No; 5) ... Petitioners/Accused I to 6 AND

1. State of Telengana Rep by Public Prosecutor, High Court of Telengana, Hyderabad. -b Bcto"r86{r,p ll,Veao{ r, o. frr frts L-R*\ v YoB'r'!t" B Parshqvq-,*!q i I 2- Mrs Banoth Kalavathi */o Sriram aged 26 yearsocc: housewife R/o Perldalamabadi thanda of Nennel Respondents J C l. It is r;ubmitted that on a complaiqt rodged by second Respondent with the f'olice Nennel Mancherial District they have registered crime No'7ji of 2022 against the Petitioners herein for the offence alleged U/s. 498-4, [pc,3,4 DpA Act._tater on the police fited charge sheet by ad'ling the offence of Sec 313 Ipc to the existing sections of law which was taken on file by the learned Magistrate and made over to the court of learned I Addl District and Sessions Judge Mancherial vide Srl no; 43 of 202\and pending adjudication. 2' It is submitted that the issue is marital discord between the first petitioner and the second responcient. During pendency of the above case the parties have settled their disputes amicably and both the Petitior:er No;l and Respondent No;2 are living together as husband and wi: since luly 2a24 and entered into a MoU dated l_l_2025 wherein the second respondent has expressed her readiness to live with thr: Petitioner No;l in view of the settlement between them before the elders and also agreed to withdraw the above criminal case. s.(r.r,tw) B1 {*o z**,ilo L.SG^ l{'2 *'K Q- pavck+vd,n lv B,Kqhr4Pt :: 3::

3. [t is submitted that since the offences under the DP Act are non- compoundable the parties herein have approached this Honorable Court to quash the above crime on the basis of their compromise. It is therefore prayed that this Honorable Court may be pleased to quash the proceedings in SC No; 43 of 202)of PS Nennel Mancherial District and pending on the file of the Learned I Addl District and Sessions Judge Mancherial in view of the settlement between the Petitioners and the Second Respondent here in and be pleased to pass such other order or orders as deemed fit and proper in the interest ofjustice. Ba,,ilor PETITIONER No: 2 t No: 4 ia . pars Lera.n<rl-v PETITIONER No: 6 Counsel r Respondent No.2 B . Sto,rr-) PETITIONER No: I u^*d[s PETITIONER No: 3 )<7L"< PETITIONER No: 5 W Counsel for Petitioners B. Kq"Lr,v*lh| RESPONDENT No;2 Hyderabad Dated: .1,1.2025 f :ir -,i* :n '- -.:;*