- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:13053 CRL.P No. 3449 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3449 OF 2026 BETWEEN: SRI MOHIT VERMA S/O DEVENDRA KUMAR BOLINI AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS R/AT NO. 164, BOLINI DISTRICT REWARI HARYANA 3 123 401. &PETITIONER (BY SMT. UMME SALMA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA SHO MAHADEVAPURA P.S., REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT BUILDING BENGALURU 3 560 001. 2. KEERTI CHAUDHARY AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS R/O JHAYANI PARADISE MAHADEVAPURAM BENGALURU CITY Digitally signed by SANJEEVINI J KARISHETTY Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:13053 CRL.P No. 3449 of 2026 KARNATAKA &RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SOWMYA R., HCGP FOR R1; SRI SIDDHARTH SUMAN, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S.528 BNSS) CR.P.C PRAYING TO QUASH THE FIR BEARING CRIME NO.20/2026 DATED 04.09.2025 REGISTERED BY MAHADEVAPURA POLICE STATION, INVESTIGATION PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HONBLE 29th ACMM COURT, MAYO HALL, BENGALURU CITY FOR THE OFFENCE P/U/S/ 351(4), 74, 78 OF BNS 2023 AS AGAINST THE PETITIONER/ACCUSED. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER Petitioner 3 accused is before this Court calling in question registration of a crime in Crime No.20/2026, pending before the 29th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Mayohall, Bengaluru City, for the offences under Sections 351(4), 74 and 78 of the BNS, 2023. 2. Heard Smt. Umme Salma, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Smt. Sowmya R., learned High Court Government Pleader appearing for respondent No.1 and Sri Siddharth Suman, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:13053 CRL.P No. 3449 of 2026 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner and respondent No.2 would in unison submit that during the subsistence of these proceedings, the parties to the lis have resolved the dispute and arrived at settlement amongst themselves by drawing up certain terms and conditions. The parties have filed a joint compromise and joint affidavit before this Court to this effect. 4. The affidavit of the parties reads as follows: <2. We state that upon the intervention and counselling by the well-wishers, an amicable settlement is arrived at between the parties and in terms thereof, the Respondent No.2 has agreed to withdraw all the allegations made against the Petitioner and thereby the Respondent No.2 has no objection for the Criminal Petition in Crl. P. No.3449/26 to be allowed and for the FIR in Crime No.0020/2026 registered on 13.01.2026 for offences punishable U/s 74, 78, 351(4) of BNS which is now pending before the Hon'ble 29th Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mayo Hall at Bengaluru be quashed 3. We state that the Petitioner has apologised and withdraws all allegations made against Respondent No.2, her family and relatives before the Police Sub Inspector, Mahadevapura Police Station, Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District, the Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Sohna, Gurugram, the Respondent No.2's employer and has even addressed an email to that effect on 10.02.2026. 4. We state that the Petitioner has deleted and destroyed all the photographs, videos, WhatsApp conversations, other conversations, display pictures, profile pictures, - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:13053 CRL.P No. 3449 of 2026 status, SMS's, emails, in respect of the Respondent No.2, which are stored either in the mobile phones, computers, pen-drives, storage devices, social media websites or any other electronic media, he undertakes that none of the photos or videos are stored in any device for any purpose whatsoever and further undertakes that the same will not be leaked, published or circulated by any means be it electronic or otherwise and that he shall indemnify the Respondent No.2 against such use or publication or circulation of such sensitive information and data. Further, the Petitioner undertakes to indemnify the Respondent No.2 for any loss or injury caused in relation to the aforesaid data. 5. We state that the Petitioner has tendered his unconditional apology for any harassment caused to the Respondent No.2, whether intentional or otherwise. 6. We state that the said private pictures and videos have since been deleted and that all related data and history have been permanently erased by the Petitioner. 7. We state that considering the future prospects of both the Petitioner and Respondent No.2, the latter, who is the complainant herein, has agreed to bring the entire dispute to an end. We further submit that Respondent No.2's mental health has been adversely affected as a result of the ordeal she has undergone. Having regard to the emotional distress faced by Respondent No.2, the likelihood of the Petitioner- cum-Accused suffering serious prejudice including threat loss of employment, and with a view to bringing quietus to the dispute and enabling both sides to move forward in life, Respondent No.2 has voluntarily consented to the present compromise and has expressed that she does not wish to prosecute the complaint any further. 8. We state that the Petitioner hereby undertakes and affirms that neither he nor his family members, friends, or relatives shall contact, interfere with, or in any manner attempt to communicate with - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:13053 CRL.P No. 3449 of 2026 Respondent No. 2 or her family members in any manner whatsoever. The Petitioner further undertakes that he shall not circulate, publish, transmit, or disseminate any material or information pertaining to Respondent No.2 or to the present case through any media or platform whatsoever, including in any electronic, digital, print, or oral form. 9. We state that this compromise has been filed without any force, fraud or undue influence of any person and on the own will and volition of the parties and that there is no collusion in presenting the petition.= In the light of the afore-quoted affidavit of the parties, I deem it appropriate to terminate the proceedings against the petitioner in the subject petition, as the allegations are not against the State. 5. For the aforesaid reasons, the following: O R D E R (a) The criminal petition is allowed. (b) The impugned crime in Crime No.20/2026, pending before the 29th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Mayohall, qua the petitioner, stand quashed. Sd/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE NVJ List No.: 2 Sl No.: 98