- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36108 CRL.P No. 1665 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 1665 OF 2024 BETWEEN: 1. SRI. SYED JAINUL ABHIDIN @ SYED ZAINULABIDEEN C/O. SYED MUKTHEAR AHMED, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/AT ESE 133, WARD NO.24, HBR LAYOUT, 2ND CROSS, 14TH MAIN ROAD, YASEEN NAGAR, BANGALORE-560 045. 2. SMT. SABIYA @ HABIBUNNISA W/O. SAIYAD MUKTHARA AHMEDA, AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, R/AT DOOR NO. 27, STANDDAGE ROAD, FRAZER TOWN, ANNASAWMYA MUDAILIAR GENERAL HOSPITAL, FARZER TOWN, BANGALORE-560 005. 3. SMT. NAJMA @ SYEDA NASEEBUNNISA W/O. SYED MUBHEEB, S.G., D/O. SAIYAD MUKTHARA AHMEDA, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/AT NO. FLAT NO.C4, ELEGANT ELITE, 3RD FLOOR, 3RD MAIN ROAD, MSH LAYOUT, NEAR SHIRDI SAI TEMPLE, ANAND NAGAR, Digitally signed by AL BHAGYA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36108 CRL.P No. 1665 of 2024 BANGALORE NORTH, PO: H A FARM, BANGALORE-560 024. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. NAVEED AHMED, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE CONSERVATOR'S / PROTECTION OFFICER, UNDER PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2005, WOMAN AND CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, JILA PANATHAYATHA BHAVAN, B.M. RAOD, RAMANAGAR-562 159. 2. SMT. HAJIRA ARBIN TAJ W/O. SYED ZAINULABIDEEN @ FARAHAN, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, R/AT NO. 4689, WARD NO. 10, VAMDAR KHAN MOHAL, RAMANAGARA-562 159. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RAHUL RAI, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. BASAVARAJU P., ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN DVC NO.21/2022 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE PRL.CIVIL JUDGE AND J.M.F.C RAMANAGAR UNDER SEC.9B, 37(2), (C) OF THE DVC ACT FILED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT (PROTECTION OFFICER OF WOMAN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT OFFICE) RAMANAGAR DATED 29.07.2022 CONSEQUENTLY QUASH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT DATED 29.07.2022 AND COMPLAINT DATED 06.07.2022 FILED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.1 AND 2 A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN DVC NO.21/2022 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT DATED 29.07.2022 AND - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36108 CRL.P No. 1665 of 2024 COMPLAINT DATED 06.07.2022 ARE PRODUCED HEREIN AS ANNEXURE A, B AND C RESPECTIVELY. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM ORAL ORDER This petition is filed by the husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law of respondent No.2/complainant. 2. Today, an application has been presented by the parties under Section 359 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, read with Section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, along with a joint memo duly signed by both sides. The second respondent/complainant is present before this Court. On being questioned, she submits that the dispute between herself and the petitioner, her husband, has been amicably resolved. She further states that, in pursuance of the settlement terms, the petitioner has paid a sum of Rs.10,00,000/- to her by way of a demand draft. The said demand draft, drawn in - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36108 CRL.P No. 1665 of 2024 her favour, has been produced and handed over to her in the open Court. In the joint memo filed along with the application, respondent No.2 has also declared that she has received all her personal articles and that there are no further subsisting claims against the petitioner. 3. In view of the amicable settlement, respondent No.2 has stated that she has no objection to the quashing of the proceedings pending in DVC No.21/2022. The record makes it clear that the dispute emanates from matrimonial discord between the parties and that no grave or heinous offence is alleged in the said proceedings. Having regard to the fact that the parties have resolved all their differences, the complainant has received the entire settlement amount, and continuance of the proceedings would serve no fruitful purpose, this Court finds it just and proper to invoke its inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to bring an end to the litigation. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36108 CRL.P No. 1665 of 2024 4. Accordingly, this Court proceeds to pass the following: ORDER (i) The petition is allowed. (ii) The proceedings in DVC No.21/2022 on the file of the learned Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Ramanagara, for the offences punishable under Sections 9B, 37(2)(c) of the Domestic Violence Act, in so far as they relate to the petitioners, are hereby quashed. Sd/- (SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM) JUDGE CA List No.: 4 Sl No.: 4