Compromise between parties can lead to quashment of proceedings under Section 528, promoting justice and restoring peace.

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 petitioner in C.C.No.7391 of

2022 of IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad.

2. The petitioner is arrayed as accused in Cr.No.277 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under Section 354-D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 .

3. Heard Mr.S.M.Saifullah, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing respondent No.1-State and Mr.Rajender Khanna, 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.1 and 2 of 2025 with the prayer to permit them to enter into compromise and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in Crime No.277 of 2020.

5. This Court vide order dated 01.05.2025 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 24.06.2025 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 and to restore peace between the parties, in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and another, [2012 (10) SCC 303] and Anil Mishra v. State of U.P. /b>., [2024 INSC 189] ; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others, [2019 (5) SCC 688] , 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.

8. Accordingly, I.A.Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 are allowed. Consequently, all the proceedings in C.C.No.7391 of 2022 of IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioner/accused.

9. In the above terms, the Criminal Petition is disposed of.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.