Telangana High Court
Habeeb Hussain vs The State Of Telangana on 7 August, 2025
Author: N.Tukaramji
Bench: N.Tukaramji
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI
I.A.Nos.2 AND 3 OF 2025
In/And
CRIMINAL PETITION No. 8929 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 7
in Crime No.73 of 2025 on the file of the Nirmal Police Station, Nirmal
District.
2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 7 in the Crime
Case registered for the offence punishable under Section 85 read with
3(5) of Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. Heard Mr.Sarwath Mehdi Khan, learned counsel representing
Mr.M.A.K.Mukheed, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao
Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing the
respondent No.1-State and Mr.T.Lakshmi Narayana, learned counsel for
the respondent No.2/de-facto complainant.
4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise
and, accordingly, respondent No.2/de-facto complainant filed I.A.Nos.2
and 3 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise
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and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the
petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7 in Crime.No.8929 of 2025.
5. This Court vide order dated 17.07.2025 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 25.07.2025 stating that
the parties were identified by their respective counsel and also on
verification of Aadhar Cards/Identity Cards and the enquiries revealed
that the parties have willfully and without coercion entered into
settlement/compromise.
6. I have 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 another 1
and Anil Mishra v. State of U.P. 2; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi
Narayan and others 3, this Court is of the considered view that
quashment of the impugned proceedings in view of the settlement by
1
2012 (10) SCC 303
2
2024 INSC 189
3
2019 (5) SCC 688
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exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C./528 of BNSS, 2023,
would be in the interest of justice.
8. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently,
all the proceedings in Crime.No.73 of 2025 on the file of the Nirmal Police
Station, Nirmal District, are hereby quashed against the
petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 7.
9. In the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.
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N.TUKARAMJI, J
Date: 07.08.2025
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