Case brief
What is this about?
CRL.P No. 11673 of 2024, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (Hemant Chandangoudar J., 12-03-2025): quashing of proceedings in Crime No.188/2021 and charge sheet in C.C.No.14731/2022 (XXXVII ACMM, Bengaluru) for offences under S.498-A IPC r/w Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act on the basis of an amicable settlement between the spouses recorded in Crl.Misc.No.35/2020 under S.12 of the DV Act; marriage dissolved; defacto complainant consented to quashing; petitioner undertook to pay Rs.5,000 p.m.; non-compoundable and cognizable offences; futility of trial and abuse of process; jurisdiction under S.482 Cr.PC / S.528 BNSS.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Petition allowed; impugned proceedings in C.C.No.14731/2022 pending on the file of the XXXVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, insofar as they relate to the petitioners-accused Nos.1 to 3, stand quashed.