Telangana High Court
Mohd. Afzal vs The State Of Telangana on 25 July, 2025
Author: N.Tukaramji
Bench: N.Tukaramji
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI
I.A.Nos. 3 AND 4 OF 2025
In/And
CRIMINAL PETITION No. 5632 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 6
in C.C.No.972 of 2024 on the file of the III Additional Judicial Magistrateof
First Class, Ranga Reddy District at Rajendranagar.
2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 6 in the aforesaid
C.C. which was taken cognizance for the offences punishable under
Sections 498-A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 3 and
4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
3. Heard Mr.Syed Yakob, learned counsel for the petitioners,
Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor,
representing the respondent No.1-State and Mr.Lattupally Anand, learned
counsel for respondent No.2/de-facto complainant.
4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise
and, accordingly, they moved I.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 6 in
C.C.No.972 of 2024.
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5. This Court vide order, dated 04.07.2025 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 18.07.2025 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 charged offences, which are
essentially matrimonial and inter-personal in nature and taking into
account the amicable settlement between the parties and to restore
peace among them, 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 exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C./528 of
BNSS, 2023, would be in the interest of justice.
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2012 (10) SCC 303
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2024 INSC 189
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2019 (5) SCC 688
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8. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently,
all proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 6 in C.C.No.972
of 2024 on the file of the III Additional Judicial Magistrateof First Class,
Ranga Reddy District at Rajendranagar, are hereby quashed.
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: 25.07.2025
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