Manjunath H N v. State by Karnataka
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Keywords: quashing of criminal proceedings/FIR; Section 528 BNSS; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Section 320 Cr.P.C.; Sections 498A, 323, 504 IPC; Section 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; matrimonial dispute; amicable settlement; joint memo; affidavits of parties; divorce by mutual consent M.C.No.6179/2025; non-compoundable offences; inherent powers of the High Court; ends of justice; Jitendra Raghuvanshi v. Babita Raghuvanshi, 2013(2) Crimes 90 (SC); High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; Justice Mohammad Nawaz; CRL.P No. 10398 of 2024; C.C.No.841/2024; XXXVII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Nrupatunga Road; Basavanagudi Police; NC: 2025:KHC:48215. Useful for: the proposition that where parties to a matrimonial dispute (including non-compoundable offences such as S.498A IPC) have genuinely and amicably settled, the High Court may quash the proceedings in exercise of inherent jurisdiction notwithstanding Section 320 Cr.P.C., particularly where the defacto complainant consents and affidavits confirm the settlement.