- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10747 CRL.P No. 13736 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 13736 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. AFZAL PASHA S/O CHAND PASHA AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS FLAT NO.101, 1ST FLOOR MSG ORCADE APARTMENT GOLD, NATIVE GOWNAPALLI VILLAGE SRINIVASPURA TALUK KOLAR – 563 101 KARNATAKA. 2. CHAND PASAH S/O HAMMED SAB AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS FLAT NO.101, 1ST FLOOR MSG ORCADE APARTMENT GOLD, NATIVE GOWNAPALLI VILLAGE SRINIVASPURA TALUK KOLAR – 563 101 KARNATAKA. 3. NUSRATH UNISSA W/O CHAND PASHA AGE ABOUT 52 YEARS FLAT NO.101, 1ST FLOOR MSG ORCADE APARTMENT GOLD, NATIVE GOWNAPALLI VILLAGE Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10747 CRL.P No. 13736 of 2025 SRINIVASPURA TALUK KOLAR – 563 101 KARNATAKA. 4. IMRAN PASHA S/O CHAND PASHA AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS FLAT NO.101, 1ST FLOOR MSG ORCADE APARTMENT GOLD, NATIVE GOWNAPALLI VILLAGE SRINIVASPURA TALUK KOLAR – 563 101 KARNATAKA. 5. BABAJAN I S/O IBRAHIM K., AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS R/AT NO.5, 1232 WARD NO.29, AGRAHARA MAIN ROAD NAKUDIPETE, CHINTAMANI TOWN CHIKKABALLAPURA – 562 101. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI NARAYANA REDDY J., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER HENNUR POLLICE STATION BANASWADI SUB-DIVISION BENGALURU REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING COMPLEX BENGALURU – 560 001. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10747 CRL.P No. 13736 of 2025 2. BIBI FATHIMA W/O AFZAL PASHA AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS R/AT FLAT NO.101 1ST FLOOR NEAR ST. ROCK CHURCH MEGANAPALYA, CHELEKERE BENGALURU – 560 043. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI VINAY MAHADEVAIAH, HCGP FOR R1) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN C.C.NO.59683/2023 (ARISING OUT OF CR.NO.154/2023) ON THE FILE OF THE HON’BLE XI A.C.J.M AT BENGALURU CITY FOR THE ALLEGED OFFENCE P/U/S 498A OF IPC AND SEC.3,4 OF D.P ACT INITIATED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.1 POLICE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioners – husband and his family members are before this Court calling in question proceedings in C.C.No.59683/2023, pending before the XI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru, for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10747 CRL.P No. 13736 of 2025 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners and respondent No.2 in unison submit that the parties to the lis were before the concerned family Court in C.Misc.No.276/2023 and have settled their matrimonial dispute amicably by drawing up certain terms and conditions before the Lok Adalath and therefore, they are before this Court seeking permission to compound the offences. The parties have filed a photocopy of the compromise petition entered into between them in C.Misc.No.276/2023 before this Court to that effect. 3. The compromise petition filed before the Lok Adalath reads as follows: “3) ಅಾರಾದ ಾನು ಎದುರುಾರ ಂದ ಾಶತ ೕವ ಾಂಶದ ಪ ಾರದ ಹಣಾ gÀÆ.4,00,000/- UÀ¼À£ÀÄß ಎದುರುಾರ ಂದ r.r.¸ÀASÉå.768080 gÀ r.r.¢£ÁAPÀ: 05- 06-2025 gÀ ಯೂಯ ಾ!ಂ"ನ #.#.ಯನು$ ಈ ಅಯ&' ಅಂದ(ೆ *+,ನ- ,..ನಂ.276/2023 ರ ಪ+ಕರಣದ&' ಪ0ೆದು1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ. 4) ಅಾರರು ೆಣೂ4ರು 5&ೕ. 6ಾ7ೆ, ೆಂಗಳ:ರು ಇ&' ಸ&'=ದ> ¹.Dgï.154/2023 ¹.¹.£ÀA.59683/2023 ರ&' ಸ&'=ರುವ *+,ನ- ?ಕದ>@ಯನು$ Aಂಪ0ೆಯಲು ಒDE1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ ಾಗೂ ಎದುರುಾರರು Fೌರಾತ ಪ+Hಾನ Iೆ.ಎಂ.ಎJ.=. ಾ!Kಾಲಯ, 1ೋLಾರ ಇ&' ಸ&'=ರುವ ಓ.ಎ..ನಂ.269/2024 ಈ ಾೆಯನು$ ಸಹ ಎದುರುಾರರು Aಂಪ0ೆಯಲು ಒDE1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ. 5) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರ ಾಂಪತ! ೕವನOಂದ KಾವPೇ ಸಂ2ಾನQರುವPOಲ'. 6) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರುಗಳR ಈಗ ಾ!Kಾಲಯದ&' EvÀåxÀðPÉÌ ಾ* ಇರುವ ಓ.ಎ..ನಂ.09/2025 gÀ ಾೆಯನು$ (ಾೕSಾ#1ೊಂಡು, Qಾಹ QUೆVೕದನ ಪ0ೆಯಲು ಉಭಯತ+ರೂ ಸ-ಇUೆYZಂದ ಒDEರು2ಾ3(ೆ. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10747 CRL.P No. 13736 of 2025 7) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರುಗಳR ಈ (ಾಒಪEಂದದ ನಂತರ ಇನು$ ಮುಂೆ KಾವPೇ ಅಗಳ ಾ$ಗ&ೕ ಾಾ ಆಗ&ೕ, ಅ\ೕಲ ಾ$ಗ&ೕ, ಸKಾತಾದ ಮತು3 D2ಾ+ತಾದ ಆ=3ಗಳ @ೕLೆ KಾವPೇ ಪ+ಕರಣವನು$ ಪರಸEರ ಒಬ^ Fೊಬ^ರು ಸ&'ಸುವPOಲ'ೆ೦ದು ಒDE1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ. 8) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರುಗಳR ಅವರವರ ಇಷaದ ಪ+1ಾರ, ಮದುೆKಾ ಅವರ ೈಯು*3ಕ ೕವನವನು$ ಪ+2ೆ!ೕಕಾ ರೂD=1ೊಳcಲು ಒDE1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ. 9) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರುಗdFೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಪಟa ವಸು3ಗಳನು$ ಈFಾಗLೇ Aಂಪ0ೆದು1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ. ಇನು$ KಾವPೇ ವಸು3ಗಳR ಾ* ಇರುವPOಲ', 10) ಇನು$ ಮುಂೆ ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರು ಪರಸEರ KಾವPೇ ೕವ ಾಂಶ 1ೋ KಾವPೇ ಾ!Kಾಲಯದ&' ಅಯನು$ ಸ&'ಸುವPOಲ'ೆಂದು ಒDEರು2ಾ3(ೆ. 11) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರು ಇನು$ ಮುಂೆ KಾವPೇ Qಷಯದಲೂ' ಒಬ^ Fೊಬ^ರು ಪರಸEರ ತಂgೆ ತಕ(ಾ Fೆ ೋಗುವPOಲ'ೆಂದು ಒDE1ೊಂ#ರು2ಾ3(ೆ. 13) ಅಾರರು ಮತು3 ಎದುರುಾರರು Kಾರ ಒ2ಾ3ಯಕೂh, iೆ+ೕರ7ೆFೆ ಒಳFಾಗೆ ಸ- ಇUೆYZಂದ ಸ&'=ದ ಒಪEಂದಪತ+ಾರುತ3ೆ.” In the light of the fact that the parties have arrived at settlement and since it is a marital dispute, I deem it appropriate to accept the application and terminate the proceedings against the petitioners, as the allegations are not against the State. 4. For the aforesaid reasons, I pass the following: ORDER (i) The criminal petition is disposed. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:10747 CRL.P No. 13736 of 2025 (ii) The proceedings in C.C.No.59683/2023, pending before the XI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru, stand quashed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 1 Sl No.: 127