Pothula Ravinder Vs The State of Telangana — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Telangana HC (2025)

Pothula Ravinder Vs The State of Telangana — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 allowed (compromise recorded, offence permitted to be compounded); Criminal Petition allowed and proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C.C. No. 412 of 2019 quashed; miscellaneous applications, if any pending, directed to stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether to record the compromise between the petitioner/accused and the respondent No. 2/complainant and permit compounding of the offence (I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025). +1 more

Court's answer

In view of the identification of the parties by the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee (report dated 21.02.2025, placed on record pursuant to the Court's order dated 18.02.2025), I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 — seeking recording of the compromise and permission to compound the offence — were allowed.

Ratio / Principle

Consequently, the Criminal Petition was allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C.C. No. 412 of 2019 on the file of the learned XIV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at Hayathnagar, Ranga Reddy District, were quashed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Criminal Petition No. 2257 of 2025 (under Section 528 BNSS) by the accused, Pothula Ravinder, seeking quashal of the conviction sustained in C.C. No. 412 of 2019, dated 14-05-2024, by the learned XIV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, R.R. District, at Hayathnagar, for an offence under Section 304-A IPC. During pendency, the accused and respondent No. 2/complainant, Thorpunuri Shiva Goud, compromised the matter and filed I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025 seeking recording of the compromise and permission to compound the offence (the latter application invoking a BNSS provision printed as 'Section 359 96)'). On the Court's direction dated 18.02.2025, the parties appeared before the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, who identified them and submitted a report dated 21.02.2025, placed on record. In that view, the Court allowed I.A. Nos. 2 and 3 of 2025, allowed the Criminal Petition, and quashed the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C.C. No. 412 of 2019; miscellaneous applications, if any pending, were to stand closed. Common Order by Hon'ble Smt. Justice Juwadi Sridevi, dated 27.02.2025.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE JUWADI SRIDEVI

l.A. NO: 2 AND 3 OF 2025

IN/AND

CRIMINAL PETITION NO:2257 OF 2025

Between:

Pothula Ravinder S/o. Venkataiah, Age. 44 years Occ. Agriculture, R/o H.No.3-66, Nakrekal Town Nalgonda District.

...PETITIONER/ACCUSED

AND

'1 The State of Telangana, Through S.H.O., P.S. Abdullapurmet, Rachakonda, Rep by its. Public Prosecutor High Court at Hyderabad.

Thorpunuri Shiva Goud, S/o. Late.Sailu Goud, age..453 yrs, Occ, Photographer, R/o. H. No. 2-32, lnamguda Village,Abdullapurmet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District.

...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT

Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated rn the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to quash the conviction, sustained in C.C. No. 412 OF 2019, Dated. 14-05-2024, by learned, XIV ADDITIONAL METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE R.R.DIST AT HAYATNAGAR lN C.C. No. 412 OF 2019, Dated. 14-05-2024.

LA. NO: 2OF 2025

Between:

Thorpunuri Shiva Goud, S/o- Late.Sailu Goud, age. 453 yrs, Occ. Photographer, R/o. H. No. 2-32, lnamguda Village, Abdullapurmet lvlandal, Ranga Reddy District.

...PETITIONER/RESPONDENT No. 2

AND

1 The State of Telangana, Through S.H.O., p.S. Abdullapurmet, Rachakonda, Rep by its. Public Prosecutor High Court at Hyderabad.

...RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

Pothula Ravinder S/o. Venkataiah, Age. 44 years Occ. Agriculture, R/o. H.No.3-66, Nakrekal Town Nalgonda District.

...RESPONDENT/PETITIONER/ACCUSED

Petition under Section 359 96) of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to permit the complainant to compound the offence registered under section 304-4 IPC of the conviction, sustained in C.C. No. 412 OF 2019, Dated. 14-05-2024, by learned, XIV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, R.R.Dist, At Hayathnagar, against the Petitioner/Accused.

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LA. NO: 3 OF 2025

Petition under Section 528 of BNSS praying that in the. circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal petition, the High Court may be pleased to record the compromise with respondent/Accused in consequenfly, to quash the conviction, sustained in C.C. No. 412 OF 2019, Dated. 14-05-2024, by learned, XIV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, R.R.Dist, At Hayathnagar against the responden t/Accu sed.

This Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Memorandum of Grounds of criminal Petition and upon hearing the arguments of sri M Rathan Singh, Advocate for the Pet,tioner, Public prosecutor on behalf of the Respondent No. 1 and of Sri Naresh Verma Bavandlapelli, Advocate for the Respondent No. 2.

The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER

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HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE JUWADI SRIDEVI

l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025^- in/and CRIMINAL PETITION No.2257 of 2Q25

COMMON ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 528 of BNSS by the petitioner/accused to quash the proceedings against him in C.C.No.4'12 of 2019 on the file of learned XIV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at Hayathnagar, Ranga Reddy District, registered for the offences punishable under Section 3044 of lPC.

lt is submitted by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the respondent No.2, that during pendency of the present Criminal Petition, the parties have compromised the matter and accordingly, l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2025 have been filed to record the compromise between them and to compound the offence.

3 Vide order dated 18.02.2025, this Court directed the parties along with their respective counsel to appear before the Secretary. High Court Legal Services Committee, High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad, for identification and to submit a report

Pursuant to the above said direction issued by this Court,

the parties have appeared and the Secretary, High Court Legal

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Services Committee, has identified the parties and submitted a report, dated 21 .02.2025 and the same is placed on record.

ln view of the above, l.A.Nos.2 and 3 of 2O2S areallowed. Consequenfly, this Criminal petition is allowed and the proceedings against the petitioner/accused in C.C.No.412 of 2O1g on the file of learned XIV Additional Metropolitan Magistrate at Hayathnagar, Ranga Reddy District,, are hereby quashed.

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand

closed.

Sd/. L. LAKSHMI BABU ASSIS NT REGISTRAR

//TRUE COPY//

e CTION OFFICER .

To, 1. The XIV Addilional Metropolitan Magistrate, At Hayathnagar, Ranga Reddy District.

The Station House Officer, Abdullapurmet Police Station, Rachakonda

Two CCs to the Public Prosecutor, High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad. [OUT]

One CC to Sri M. Rathan Singh, Advocate [OPUC]

One CC to Sri Naresh Verma Bavandlapelli, Advocate IOPUCI

Two CD Copies

(Along with a copy of Joint Memo of Compromise)

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HIGH COURT

DATED: 27102t2025

, COMMON ORDER l.A. NO: 2 AND 3 OF 2025 IN/AND CRLP.No.2257 of 2025

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ALLOWING THE CRIMINAL PETITION

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE,OF TELANGANA AT^I]YDERABAD CRL.P.No. J-: f.._ oF 202s Between:- ) '7

Thorpunuri Shiva Goud, S/o.Late.Saitu Goud,'

dge: 453 yrs, Occ: Photographer,

R/o. H. No. 2-32,lnamguda Village, Abdullapurmet^Mandal,

. . Petition6r/Respondent^{No.2/Delaoto Complainant}

The State o I Telangana.

Through S. H.O., P.S. AbdullapurmcL. Rachakonda. Rep'by its. Public Prosecutor High Coun at Ilyderabad.

t.l,i., Respondent/Respondent No.^I

2 Pothula Ravinder S/o : Venkatii&, Age: 44 years Occ:Agriculturti{iVo:H No.3-66, Nakrekal Town Nalgonda Distiitt.

. . Respondent/ Petitioner/ Accused

JOINTME MO FILED BY THE.PDTITI^{ONER AND DEFACTO-} COMPLAINANT

That Petitioner ancl Defacto-Complainant^{respectfully submit that,the} above matter is semled out of^{the courrand that this Hon'ble Court maybe pleased} ..',. to quash the conviction, sustained^{in,C'C.No. 412OF 2019, DaIed:14-05-2O24,} by learned, XIV Additional^{Metropolitan Magistrate,R.R.Dist, At Hayathnagar,} registered under section^{304-AIPC.against the Petitioner/Accusedandto pass} such other order or orders^{as this Ho.fbleCourt may deem fit and proper in the} circumstances of the^case.

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[tryderabad Dated:t4.02.2025

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Respondent/Accused

Counsel for the ResPon^dent/Accus