Criminal proceedings for non-cognizable offences may be quashed if the parties have amicably settled their disputes and the offence does not affect the State, allowing for the compounding of such offences.

THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 359 R/W 528 OF THE BNSS, 2023 PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS IN CRIME.NO.50/2026 ON THE FILE OF HON’BLE 46TH ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT AT BANGALORE CITY, FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 74, 351(2), 351(3), 352 OF BNS, 2023 AND CONSEQUENTLY, BE PLEASED TO ALLOW THE MAIN PETITION FILED UNDER SECTION 528 OF BNSS AS PRAYED FOR THEREIN.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA

ORAL ORDER

Petitioner – accused is before this Court calling in question registration of a crime in Crime No.50/2026, pending before the 46th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, for the offences under Sections 74 , 351(2), 351(3) and 352 of the BNS.

Learned counsel for the petitioner – accused and respondent No.2 – complainant in unison submit that during the pendency of these proceedings, the parties to the lis have settled their disputes amicably by drawing up certain terms and conditions. The parties have filed an application under Section 359 r/w. 528 of the BNSS, 2023 and a joint affidavit before this Court seeking permission to compound the offences.

The application reads as follows:

1. The respondent No.2 has lodged a complaint dated 15.02.2026 before the respondent No.1 police which came to be registered as Crime. No.50/2026 on the file of the Hon'ble 46th ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT AT BANGALORE CITY by the respondent No.1, for the offences Punishable under section 74, 351(2), 351(3), 352 of BNS,2023.

2. The petitioner and respondent No.2 submit that at the intervention of well-wishers the petitioner and respondent No.2 are intending to compound the case and the respondent No.2 is not intending to proceed further with the case against the petitioner.

3. The Petitioner and respondent No.2 both are relatives and living happily, respondent No.2 is a one of the sister's daughter of the petitioner.

4. There has been a lot of changes in the circumstances from the date on which the complaint was filed to this day and the circumstances now warrant that the petitioner and the respondent No.2 continue the good relationship with the permission of this hon'ble court.

5. The victim girl and petitioner submit that there is no coercion or compulsion on her to compound the offences and on his own free will agreed to compound the case. Hence this application seeking kind permission of this hon'ble court to compound the offences.

Though the offence alleged against the petitioner in the case at hand inter alia are the ones punishable under Sections 351(2), 351(3) and 353 of the BNS, which are non-cognizable, since the allegations are not against the State, I deem it appropriate to accept the application and the joint affidavit filed by the parties and terminate the proceedings against the petitioner.

For the aforesaid reasons, I pass the following:

ORDER

(i) The criminal petition is disposed.

(ii) The impugned crime in Crime No.50/2026 pending before the 46th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, stands quashed, qua the petitioner.