Jakku Laxmi Vs The State of Telangana

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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA^{AT HYDERABAD} TUESDAY ,THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTIGE^N.TUKARAMJI |A.NOS.3&40F2025 IN/AND

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CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 5922 OF²⁰²⁵

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Between:

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'l . Jakku Laxmi, Wo.Rajaram Aged about 4'l years, Occ Housewife R/o.H.No.3-39, Manal Village, Rudrangi^{Mandal, NizamabadDistrict.}

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Jakku Rajashekar, S/o.Jakku Rajaram^{Aged about24 years, Occ . Private} Employee Manal Village, Rudrangi^{lvlandal,Nizamabad Diskict.}

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Kathi Ramesh @ Ramu @^{RamannaMother ofKathi Devandra,} S/o.Narayana Aged about 33^years, Occ^{AgricultureR/o.H.No4-4211,} Marrigadda Village, Chandurthy^{Mandal, Rajanna Sircilla District. (Karimnagar} District), T.G.

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Gotte @ Bomma Padma @^{HoneyRao, C/o.Gotte Manohar,Agedabout42} years, bcc . Housewife, R/o.H.No.8-3, Main^{Road Konaraopet Villageand} Mandal, Rajanna Sircilla District.

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Gotte Manohar, S/o.Narsaiah^{Agedabout42 yea$, OccAgriculture} R/o.H.No.8-3, Main Road,^{Konaraopet Villageand Mandal,Rajanna Sircilla} District.

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Chakrala Murali Krishna @^{Tillu,S/o.chakrala chinna DevaiahAged about 30} years, Occ . Business R/o.H.No.12-33/A, Cheerla^{Vancha VillageSircilla@'} Karimnagar District.

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T.Gugulothu@GugolothuJagapathiBabu,S/o.GugulothNarahariAgedabout 28 years, Occ. Business^{R/o.H.No.2-63, Shanthinagar, Vanpalli, Garjanpalle,} Karimnagar District.

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Ekkaladeli Balakishan, S/o.Ekkaldevi^{Devaiah Agedabout 31 years,Occ '} Agriculture R/o.H.No.9-4-126,^{Bhagavantharao Nagar VemulawadaVillage} and Mandal, Karimnagar^Diskict.

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..PETITIONER/ACCUSED^{NOS.1TO 8}

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AND

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1 . The State of Telangana,^{rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of} Judicature At^HYderabad.

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Kamatam @ Kamtam^{KrishnaVamshi, S/o.Mallaiah Aged about 24 yeas,} Occ . Xeroi Center Rio.H.No.3-93,^{Burgupalle Village, Boenpalli Mandal,} Rajanna Sircilla District,^{(KarimnagarDistrict)T.G.}

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...RESPONDENTS/DEFACTO^COMPLAINANTS

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Petition under section^{528 of BNSS, 2023 praying that in the circumstances} stated in the Memorandum^{of Groundsof criminalPetition,the High court may be} pleased to quash the^{proceedingsagainstthe petitioners/Alto A8 in Spl.} b.C.po.OZ af ZO2i^{on the file ot Spt. Luage for Trial of Cases under SCs & STs} (POA) Act-cum-lll Addl, District^{& SessionsJudge, Karimnagar,for the offences}

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U/Sec,140(3), 329(4) 115(2) rl2 49 BNS and 3 (2) (va) :f S:heclute Castes and Scheduled Tribes^r IrC)A) Amendment Act, 20 15;

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l.A. NO: 2 OF 20.:2!;

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Petition rrde r^.iection 528 of BNSS, 2023 praying that in thr,: circumstances stated in the Mernr;r:ndum of Grounds of Criminal^petition,the High Court may be pleased to grarn. s;tay of all further proceedings including apprsarance of the petitioners/Al to AE in spl.s.c.No.67 of 2025 on the file of special Judge for Trial of Cases Under llOr; and STs (POA) Aclcum-lll Addl. Distric. and Sessions Judge. Karimnirg:'.

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|A.NOS.3 &4()F ?.125 BETWEEN:

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Kamatam @ Karntarn Krishna Vamshi, S/o.Mallaiah Aged ab,tut l,i4 years, Occ . Xerox center R/o l-1.l,lc 3-93, Burgupalle Village, Boenpalli tVlandal, Rajanna sircilla District, (Karimnagar' --,istrict) T.G.

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PETITIONER/RESPNDENT No,.2 IN BcITH PETITIoNs

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AND

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1 Jakku La>'nr, Wo.Rajaram Aged about 41 years, Oc,:; Housewife R/o.H.No.3-:i!) Manal Village, Rudrangi Mandal, Nizamabad Cristrict.

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2 Jakku Rajersi erltar, S/o.Jakku Rajaram Aged about 24 5,earr; Occ . private Employer-' l,/aral Village, Rudrangi Mandal, Nizamabad D,strict..

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3 Kathi Ranrer;rr @ Ramu @ Ramanna Mother or, Ki,rthi Devandra, S/o.Nara,/ana t\ged about 33 years, Occ Agricultu-e Fl/o.H. No.4_4211, Marrigadda / I age, Chandurthy Mandal, Rajanna Sircilla l)istr ct. (Karimnagai District), l.ri

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4 Gotte @ B()rrna Padma @ Honey Rao, C/o.Gotte [\4anohar, Aged about 42 years, O,)c. llousewife, R/o.H.No.B-3, Main Road Konaraocel Village and Mandal, Ra^jan rr;r Sircilla District.

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5 Gotte Manora r, S/o.Narsaiah Aged about 42 years, Oc:: Agriculture R/o.H.No 8 3 Vlain Road, Konaraopet Village and r\ilandal l:lajanna sircilla District.

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6 chakrala lr/urr i Krishna @ Tillu, s/o.chakrala chinna Devaiah Aged about 30 years, Or;c. 13usrness R/o. H. No.12-33/A, Cheerla Vancha Village Sircilla @, Karimnagar [)ts,trict.

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7 Gugulothu rd orgolothu Jagapathi Babu, sio.Guguroth Nararrari Aged about 28 years, Cc: Business R/o.H.No.2-63, Shanthinagar, Vanoarlli, Girjanpalle, Karimnagar D st.ict,

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B Ekkaladevi 3,alirkishan, Sio.Ekkaldevi Devaiah Aged abour 3l ,,,s21s, g... Agricultur,:^:?,t: l-1.No.9-4-126, Bhagavantharao Nigar Vemulavvada Village and Manoal^.<.zuimnagar District.

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RESPONDENT/PET|TIONERS/ACCUSE:D NOS.i TO I

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IN BOI'H PETITIONS

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I The State ot'-relangana, rep. by its public prosecutor, High Cor.rrt of Judicaturer l't tlyderabad.

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...RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT NO,1 IN BOI'H PETITIONS

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I.A. NO: 3 OF²⁰²⁵

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Petition under Section^{359(6) r/w 528 of BNSS, 2023praying that in the} circumstances^{stated in the Memorandumof Grounds of CriminalPetition,the High} Corrt ,"y^{be pleasedto accord permissionto compromisethe above} "11".-in Sol.S.C.N;.67 ot^{ZOZS on the file of Special Judgefor Trial Casesunder SC/ST} (POA) Act-cum-lll Addl.^{Districtand SessionsJudge, Karimnagar,;}

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I.A. NO:4OF^2O25

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Petition under^{Section359(2) r/w 528 of BNSS, 2023 praying that in the} circumstances^{stated in the Memorandumof Grounds of CriminalPetition,the High} C";; ;;t^{be pleasedto record the Compromise andquashthe proceedings^in} 'ot 2025 on the file of speciat Judge for Triat cases under sc/ST ipis.c.Nt.OZ (POA) Act-cum-lll^{Addl. Districtand SessionsJudge, Karimnagar,;}

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This Petition^{comingon for hearing,uponperusing theMemorandu-m. of} Grounds of^{Criminal Petitio-n and upon hearing the arguments of Sri T SAI CHAND} nor""rt" for the^{Petitioners and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, AddlPublic} 'p,o.-*io. on behatf of the Respondent No. 1 and SRI NIMMARABOINA UnVegru KUMAR,^{Advocate appearfor the Respondent No 2;}

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The Court made^{the following: ORDER}

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THE I-III]NOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI

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l.A.Nos.3 AN D 40F 202s ln/And CRIMINAL PETITI ON No.5922 oF 2025

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COMMON ORDE tt

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This criminar^petition is fired under section szg of Bharatiya Nagarik Surakshzr Sanhita, 2023 (for short^,BNSS, 2023 ) seeking quashment of the 1:"oceedings against the petitioners/accused ^rros.1 to g in Spl.S.C.No.67 <tf 2025, on the file of the learned Special Judgqe for Trial of Cases under rS.()s & STs (pOA) Act-cum_lll Additional D strict and Sessions Judge, t<.;rrimnagar.

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The petitione,rs are arrayed as accused Nos.1 to B in the sessions case registered^rr>" the offences punishabre under Sectionr; 140(3), 329(4)' 115(2) F'.ha' 49 of BNS and 3(2)(va) of schedured czrstes and Scheduled Tribes (pOA) Amendment Act.

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3 Heard tvlr T.siai chand, rearned counser for the pt,rtitioners, Mr.Jithender Rao /eeramaila, Iearned Additionar pubric prrrsecutor, representing th,3 resprondent No.1-State and Mr,Nimmaraboina Naveen Kumar, learned c.trrser for the respondent No.2/de-facfo comprainant.

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4 Pending this p'tition, the parties have entered into the con.rpromise and, accordingl,y, res;ponde nl No.2l de_facfo complainant filed l A. Nag.3.. and 4 of 2025 tui"h tle prayer to permit them to enter into conrpromise

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^ri-fl,J IA.NosJ a 4 0J2025 in/ard Crl.P.No. 5922 of 2025

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and by recording the settlement to quash the proceedings against the petitioners/accused Nos.'l to 8 in Spl.S-C.No.67 of 2025.

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This Court vide otdet dated 29.04.2025 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 01 .05.2025 stating that the parties were identified by their respective counsel and also on verification of Aadhar Cards/ldentity Cards and the enquiries revealed that the parties have willfully and without coercion entered into settlement/compromi se.

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I have considered the submissions of the learned counsel and perused the materials on record.

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Having considered the allegations, the nature of charged offences and taking into account the amicable settlement between the parties, in the light of the dictums in Gian Singh v. State of Punjab and anotherl and Anit Mishra v. State of U{.2; 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 ---J-\dr

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exercising^{jurisdictonunder Section 482 Cr.P-C't528 of BNSiS' 2023'} would be^{in the inte'rest of justice}

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Accordingly^{l.r.Nos.3 and 4 of 2025ate allowed'Conr:;equently'} all the^{proceerlingl:;in Spl.S'C No'67 of 2025'on the file 'lf tl-e learned} Special Judge^{to' Irial of Cases underSCs & STs (POA) l\ct-cum-lll} Additional^{Distrirl and Sessions Judge, Karimnagar'are hereby quashed} against the^{petit orrors/accusedNos'1 to 8'}

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I ln the^{abc,ve,lerms, the Criminal Petition is disposedof'}

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Pendingl rnrrioellaneous^{applications,if any, shallstand clcsed'}

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SD/ MOHD.ISMAIL DEPUI-Y REGISTRAR

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SECTION OFFICER

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l.TheSplJu,lgeforTrialofCasesunderSCs&STs(POA)A:t-cum-lllAddl District il ir:ssions^{Judge, Karimnagar}

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2 The Static,n -c,use^{OffiCer, Boinpalli P S, Rajanna Sircilla [)istrict} 1 One CC t(, {iLll.^{T SAI CHAND Advocate} [OPUC] 4 One CC to^{{) 11. NIMMARABOINA NAVEEN KUMAR AdvocatetqPqcl} 5 i*o cct',.0 itlBLlc^{PROSECUToR,High Court at Hyderabr'td (OUT)} 6 Two CD C oP i:s

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(Alongwith a copy of^{Joint Memo of Compromise)} Vsm/PSL

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IA.NOS.3&40F2025 IN/AND CRLP.No 5922 of 2025

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ALLOWING^'I'HE IA.NOS.3 & 4 OF 2025 ANt) DISPOSING OF THE CRIMINAL PETITION

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HIGH COURT FOR THE^{STATE OF TELANGANAAT HYDERABAD}

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Crl.P.No. ot 2O25

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Against

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Spl.S.C.No.67 of²⁰²⁵ (on the file of Hon,ble Special^{Judge for Trial of CasesUnder SCs& STs (PoA) Act_} cum-lll Addl.^{DistrictandSessionsJudge, Karimnagar)}

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Betvveen:

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1	lakkuLaxmi,^W/o.Rajaram Agedabout4lYea$,^{Occ: Housewife} R/o.H.No.3-39,^{ManalVillage,} RudrangiMandal,^{NizamabadDisttict.}
2	JakkuRajashekar,^{S/o.lakkuRajaram} Agedabout^{24years,Occ:Private Employee} R/o.H.No.3-39,^{ManalVillage,} RudrangiMandal,^{NizamabadDistiict'}
3	Kathi Ramesh @^Ramu@^Ramanna MotheroFKathi^{Devandra,S/o.Narayana} Agedabout33^{years, Occ : Agriculture} R/o.H.No.4-421^{1, MarrigaddaVillage,} Chandurthy^{Mandal, Rajanna SircillaDistrict;} (KarimnagarDistrict),^T.G.
4	Gotte @Bomma^Padma@^{HoneY Rao,} C/o.Gottelt4anohar,^{Aged about 42}Yea$, Occ:Housewi[e.^{R/o.H.No.B-3, MainRoad} Konaraopet^{Village& Mandal,Rajanna SircillaDistrict'}
trJ	GotteManohar,^S/o.Narsaiah Agedabout^{42years, Occ : Agrlculture} R/o.H.No.B-3,^MainRoad, Konaraopet^{Village& Mandal,} RajannaSircilla^District.
6	ChakralaMurali^{Krishna@ Tillu,} S/o.Chakrala^{ChinnaDevaiah} Agedabout30 Years,^{Occ: Business} Rfo.H.No.12-33/A,^{Cheerla Vancha Village} Sircilla^{(R),Karimnagar'District.}

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Gugulothu^(! SLiilolothu lagapathi Babu, S/o.Gugulot r _ r:hari Aged about 2ti 1ears, Occ : Business R/o.H.No.2 1:, :i,r rnthinagar, Vanparr,, Gl^.ia ^.r:rl'c, Karimnagar Diskict.

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B Ekkaladevi Balrk:I an, S/o.Ekkaldevi Devaiah Aged about.)1 1,,31-5, Occ : Agriculture R/o.H.No.9-. -. . (; 3hagavantharao Nagar Vemulawada V il arlr: & Mandal, Xarimna'gar District.

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Petitio,rers /Atc tsed No.1 to B

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1 The State of fr I.r.Jand, rep. by its Public.Prosec.lt I -igh Court oF Judicature Ar HyoeraDac .

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2 Kamatam Kri: h r,. '/ rmshi, S/o.Mallaiah Aged about 21 t,,t-.;, Occ : Xerox Center R/o.Burgupall Vil/ rI3, Boinapalli Mandal Rajanna Sircjl a t i, rict, T.G.

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Respondent:;7,det actc Complainant

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]OINT MEM O FILE DE \T N1O.2

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f it is submiLted tr;r- tre Respondent No.2/defacto complainant is Ll^: residen[ of Burgupali Vi'age fire'1 'r : ('rnpraint on 22.08-2024 at 4.30 pM statincr that he operates a xerox shop in Bo'n r'r l viilage, he has performed marriagr: r'iih h s chirdhood classmate. she had r:xrr:::;:ed her desire to cut off contact with ler la-erts afterthe marriage. On 22nd /,u11s,. 2024 the complainant left for work at :rou rd 9.00 AM leaving his wife and his orr,:- sister, Krishnaveni at home. At approxirnafe y 12.15 pM his wite Dharani carerr r.c rr p rainant and informed him that her mcthe r har_r arrived at their home in Burugupar ; , rrrJ that she was frightened. His wife Drarani ,-::n abrup,y ended the ca' and cc rr cr'r r ant immediatery rushed home on h,s bike During his journey, he received a rc ilr:r call from his older sister, who tord hi.n t() hur ry because

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Upon arriving^{the complainantfound thathis wife} there^{*as a fight at their home'} Dharani^{was missingand saw his older sister crying' She explainedthat Dharani's} mother,^{atong with four unidentified individuals had forcibtyentered thelir home'used} some^{kind of sprayed on both of her andabducted Dharani' A witness'Kapatem} Susheela,^{informedthe coirplainant that she had seen a woman and four men '} kidnapping^{Dharani and taking her awayin a Car the complainantis seeking legal} action^{to locate his wifeand identify those responsiblefor the kidnapping his wife.} Basing^{on the charge Sheet allegations'the court below taken the cognizanceand} numbered^{the caseas Spl'S'C'No'67 of 2025 and the same is pendingfor trial'} and^:i Therefore,^{the defacto complainanthas no intention to proceed with the} 'case decided^{to withdraw the above case in spr.s.c.No.67of 2025. That theRespondent} No.ghasnoobjectiontoa|lowLheabovecrimina|Petitionbywayofcompromise.

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I^{submit that duringthe pendencyof the said case at the interventionof the} elders^{and well-wishers, since the alleged incidenthappenedabout' 9 qonthsback} and to^{acquire peace in both the families' they have come to a compromiseamicably} to settle^{the issueand not to disturb the present situationand to live happilyand} therefore^{to that effectthe defacto comprainant has decided to withdraw the saidcase} unconditionallY

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In view o^. th., . bove it is prayed that this Hon,ble rlour! n;;.r' be pleased to record the Comp-oris_. and quash the proceedings in Spl.S C.11l.(,7 of 2025 on the file o[ Hon,ble Spcl J rcge for I rial of Cases Under SCs & Sl:; (pOA) Act_cum_III Addl. District and :ie s ;i.rrs ludge, Karimnagar, in the interest Of ju:;tice

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J^.ert,, o Petition#o.i MLu,o espond-n i hr^^-) J. Petifion r No.2 ?^**34 Petitioner No.3 {z.Haag4 Petitioner Nd+ 9 Petiti oner No.5 Pe ti q. q Petition No.7 rerrtroner ^E-.B^%k;stwtNo.B Coun r the petition _"r ) /\0. Counsel for e pon dent'jo.2

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