THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI In/And CRIMINAL PETITION No. 7517 OF 2025

COMMON ORDER

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNSS’), seeking quashment of the proceedings against the petitioners in C.C. No. 247 of 2025 pending on the file of the learned XVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad.

2. The petitioners are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to 3 in the aforementioned Calendar Case registered for the offence punishable under Section 336 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

3. Heard Ms. A.Satyasiri, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, representing respondent No.1-State and Mr. G. Premgopal Reddy, 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. 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 petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 in C.C.

No. 247 of 2025.

5. This Court vide orders dated 20.06.2025 and 07.07.2025 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 16.07.2025 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 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 another¹ and Anil Mishra v. State of U.P., 2024 INSC 189; State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan and others³, this Court is of the considered view that quashment of the impugned proceedings in view of the settlement by exercising jurisdiction under Section 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 proceedings in C.C. No. 247 of 2025 pending on the file of the learned XVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, Hyderabad, are hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused Nos. 1 to 3.

9. Resultantly, the Criminal Petition is allowed.

Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand closed.

_______________ N.TUKARAMJI, J Date: 28.07.2025 svl