- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30517 WP No. 21629 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM WRIT PETITION NO. 21629 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: MR. SATBIR SINGH MULTANI ALIAS SATBIR MULTANI S/O COL. A.S. MULTANI/ AMARPAL SINGH MULTANI AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, RESIDING AT: G12, CARLISLE COURT, CLOVER VILLAGE, WANOWRIE, PUNE 411040 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. N. GOWTHAM RAGHUNATH, ADVOCATE FOR SMT. ANURADHA SIMHA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY SHIVAJINAGAR WOMEN POLICE STATION, # 143, HKP ROAD, SULTHANGUNTA, SHIVAJI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 046, REPRESENTED BY SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 2. SIMRAN OBEROI, W/O. SATBIR SINGH, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, Digitally signed by CHAITHRA A Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30517 WP No. 21629 of 2025 R/AT: #B1, 1ST FLOOR, SRADDHA FAIRFILED, 1ST CROSS, RUSTAM BAGH LAYOUT, OLD AIRPORT LAYOUT, BENGALURU- 560 017 …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. RASHMI JADHAV, ADDL. SPP FOR R1; SRI. AKASH R. RAO, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA READ WITH SECTION 528 OF THE BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITHA, 2023 PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI QUASHING THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN F.I.R IN CRIME NO.24/2025 DATED 04.03.2025 REGISTERED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 85, 351(2) AND 352 OF THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA (BNS), 2023 (ANNEXURE- B). THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM ORAL ORDER This captioned petition is filed by the husband seeking quashing of the proceedings pending in Crime No.24/2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 351(2) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Addl.SPP for respondent No.1 and learned counsel for respondent No.2. Perused the records. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30517 WP No. 21629 of 2025 3. Today, an affidavit of respondent No.2/complainant is placed before this Court. In the said affidavit, respondent No.2/complainant acknowledges that the matrimonial disputes between her and petitioner No.1 have been amicably settled and given a quietus. In view of the settlement, respondent No.2/complainant has undertaken to withdraw the complaint which led to the registration of Crime No.24/2025. The affidavit filed by respondent No.2/complainant is taken on record. 4. At paragraph No.6 of the affidavit, respondent No.2/complainant has made an unequivocal declaration that she does not wish to pursue the complaint dated 04.03.2025. The said paragraph reads as under: "6. I, Smt. Simran Oberoi, the Respondent No.2 herein, state that in the light of the settlement between Petitioner No.1 and myself, I am not desirous of pursuing the matter arising out of my Complaint dated 04.03.2025, registered by the Respondent No.1 police in Crime No.24/2025 for offences punishable under Sections 85, 351(2), and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against the petitioner herein, for which the present petition seeking quashing has been filed." - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30517 WP No. 21629 of 2025 5. On being queried by this Court, respondent No.2/complainant has confirmed that the disputes have been amicably resolved as set out in the affidavit filed today. 6. On verification and being satisfied that the withdrawal of the complaint by the wife is voluntary and arises out of a genuine settlement of matrimonial disputes, including those under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, this Court is of the view that the complaint dated 04.03.2025, which led to registration of Crime No.24/2025, deserves to be compounded. The dispute being purely personal in nature between husband and wife, and the alleged offences being in the context of matrimonial discord, this Court is inclined to permit compounding in terms of the affidavit of respondent No.2/complainant. 7. Both learned counsels, on instructions, have orally submitted that all allegations made in the present petition as well as in the connected matrimonial proceedings stand mutually withdrawn. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30517 WP No. 21629 of 2025 8. In light of the affidavit placed on record, the following: ORDER (i) The petition is allowed. (ii) The proceedings in Crime No.24/2025, registered for offences punishable under Sections 85, 351(2) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, by the East Women Police Station, Pulakeshinagar Sub-Division, Bengaluru City, and pending before the Court of the 11th Additional CMM, Mayohall, Bengaluru City, are hereby quashed insofar as the petitioner is concerned. Sd/- (SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM) JUDGE SJK List No.: 2 Sl No.: 129 CT:PS