IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No.875 of 2026 Date: 06.02.2026 Between :

Pasuladi Raghuma Reddy and two others.

....Petitioners/Accused Nos.1 to 3 AND The State of Telangana, represented by its Public Prosecutor, and another ....Respondents

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 to 3 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C. No.527 of 2022 on the file of the III Additional Metropolitan Magistrate of First Class, L.B.Nagar.

2. Heard Ms.P.Radhika Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners, and Mr.M.Ramachandra Reddy, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing on behalf of respondent No.1-State.

3. When this matter was taken up for consideration on 28.01.2026, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that during the pendency of C.C.No.527 of 2022, on the file of the III-Additional Metropolitan Magistrate of First Class, L.B.Nagar, the petitioner No.1/accused No.1 and respondent No.2/de-facto complainant entered into a settlement in F.C.O.P.No.952 of 2025, on the file of Additional Family Court-Family Judge, L.B.Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. The matter was referred to mediation and in the mediation, both the parties entered into a Memorandum of Agreement under Section 89 of Code of Civil Procedure read with 336 of Civil Procedure (Alternate Dispute Resolution) Mediation Rules on 06.11.2025. Pursuant to the said Memorandum of Agreement, petitioner No.1 had agreed to pay an amount of Rs.19,00,000/- towards full and final one- time settlement as permanent alimony, covering past, present and future claims and further submitted that respondent No.2 had agreed to withdraw the cases, which are filed against the petitioners, and the petitioners also agreed to the same.

4. In view of the pendency of the matter, the offences levelled against the petitioners are non-cognizable offences and the respondent No.2 is not having power to withdraw such cases. In view of the same, the petitioners have filed the present Criminal Petition for quashing of proceedings. On the said date, this Court interacted with respondent No.2 namely Smt.Akshaya @ Sushmitha, and she has submitted that, she has no objection to quash the proceedings in view of the memorandum of agreement filed in F.C.O.P.No.952 of 2025.

5. Accordingly, this Court vide order, dated 28.01.2026, directed the parties i.e., the petitioners and respondent No.2, to appear before

03.02.2026 for their identification. In compliance of the said order, report, dated 02.02.2026, stating that the petitioners, and respondent No.2 were duly identified with copies of their Aadhar Cards. It is further stated that the parties have willfully and without any coercion entered into compromise.

5. In view of the said report and also in view of the compromise entered between the petitioners and respondent No.2 as well as the submissions made by the respective parties, the proceedings in C.C. No.527 of 2022 on the file of the III Additional Metropolitan Magistrate of First Class, L.B.Nagar, are hereby quashed against the petitioners.

6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, subject to payment of costs of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) to the High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad and Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) to the Telangana High Court Advocates Association, Hyderabad, by the petitioners, on or before 20.02.2026.

Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed.

________________________ J.SREENIVAS RAO, J Date: 06.02.2026 pgp