Telangana High Court
Navathi Naresh Kumar vs State Of Telengana on 22 July, 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.6095 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 3
in C.C.No.2638 of 2021, on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-
cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Medchal-Malkajgiri District at
Malakajgiri.
2. The petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 3 in the calendar case
registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A), 379, 420,
406, 506, 509 of IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of DP Act .
3. Heard Mr.G.Ravi Chandran, learned counsel for the petitioners,
Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor,
representing the respondent No.1-State and Mr.B. Neelakanteshwar,
learned counsel for the respondent No.2/de-facto complainant.
4. Pending this petition, the parties have entered into the compromise
and, accordingly, they moved I.A.Nos.2 and 3 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 3 in
C.C.No.2638 of 2021.
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5. This Court vide order dated 30.06.2025 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 14.07.2025 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 offence 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.2 and 3 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently,
all proceedings in C.C.No.2638 of 2021, on the file of the Principal Junior
Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Medchal-Malkajgiri
District at Malakajgiri, are hereby quashed against the
petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3.
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: 22.07.2025
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