- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:1701 CRL.P No. 17170 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE M G UMA CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 17170 OF 2025 BETWEEN: MR. ARYAVARDAN @ VARADARAJU, S/O LATE T.K. GOWDAPPA, AGED 46 YEARS R/AT: NO.72, SHIVANNA LAYOUT, HALAGEWADARAHALLI, RAJARAJESWARI, BENGALURU CITY KARNATAKA - 560 098. AT. PRESENT RESIDING AT NO. 167, SHARADA NILAYA, 5TH MAIN, MAKKALA KOOTA, CHAMARAJPET, BENGALURU CITY KARNATAKA - 560 018. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. JAYAKUMARA P.P., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY RAJARAJESHWARI NAGAR POLICE STATION, BENGALURU. REP. BY ITS STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU-560001. 2. SMT. MALLESHWARI @ ANKIT, W/O RAVI KUMAR AGED 39 YEARS R/AT NO.8-93, RAICHUR MAIN ROAD, SHANTINAGAR NAGAR, GADWAL, JOGULAMBA DISTRICT, TELANGANA-509125 …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. ASMA KOUSER, ADDL. SP FOR R1 SRI. A.P. KULKESHI, ADVOCATE FOR R2) Digitally signed by NANDINI B G Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:1701 CRL.P No. 17170 of 2025 THIS CRL.P IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNSS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE CHARGE SHEET AND ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS IN C.C NO. 15168/2017, PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE NOW LEARNED XLVI ADDITIONAL CHIEF METROPOLITAN MAGISTRATE, BENGALURU FOR OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 354, 420, 504, 506 OF IPC. THIS CRL.P, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE M G UMA ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner and respondent No.2 have filed Memorandum of Compromise Petition under Sections 359 and 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Act, praying to record the compromise entered into between the parties and to allow the petition in the interest of justice. The petitioner and respondent No.2 are present before this Court and they are identified by their respective counsels. Both the parties admit the terms of the compromise which reads as under: "The Petitioner/Accused and Respondent No.2 / De-facto Complainant most respectfully submit as follows: 1. That Respondent No.2 here had lodged a complaint against the Petitioner/Accused before Rajarajeshwari Nagara Police Station, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:1701 CRL.P No. 17170 of 2025 which came to be registered as Crime No. 240/2016 for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 354, 420, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and the same is now pending as C.C.15168/2017 on the file of the Court of 46th Addl. CJM at Bengaluru. 2. That the Petitioner/Accused has filed the present Criminal Petition under Section 528 of BNSS, Act seeking quashing of the aforesaid charge sheet & proceedings, which is presently pending before this Hon'ble Court. 3. That during the pendency of the above Criminal Petition, with the intervention of elders, well-wishers and mediators, the parties have amicably settled all their disputes out of their own free will, without any coercion, pressure or undue influence from any quarter. 4. That the dispute between the parties was purely personal in nature arising out of misunderstanding and differences, and the continuation of criminal proceedings would only result in unnecessary hardship to both parties and would serve no useful purpose. 5. That pursuant to the settlement respondent No.2 / De facto Complainant has resolved all issues with the Petitioner/Accused Respondent No.2 states that she does not wish to proceed further with the criminal case, respondent No.2 has no objection for allowing the present Criminal Petition and for quashing the charge sheet/proceedings against the Petitioner/Accused. 6. That Respondent No.2 herein undertakes to abide by the terms of the settlement and states that the compromise is entered into - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:1701 CRL.P No. 17170 of 2025 voluntarily and consciously, knowing fully well the consequences of the same. 7. That the offences alleged, though including non-compoundable sections, are private in nature and do not have any serious impact on society at large, and this Hon'ble Court is empowered under Section 528 of BNSS to quash the proceedings in view of the settlement, in the interest of justice, equity and harmony. That if the criminal proceedings are not quashed, the compromise arrived at between the parties would be rendered meaningless and would lead to abuse of the process of law. WHEREFORE, the Petitioner/Accused and Respondent No.2/De-facto Complainant jointly pray that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to: a) Record the compromise arrived at between the parties. b) Allow the Criminal Petition. c) Quash the charge sheet/proceedings in Crime No.240/2016 of Rajarajeshwari Nagara Police Station, pending as C.C. No. 15168/2017 on the file of 46th Addl. CJM at Bengaluru for the offences punishable under Sections 354, 420, 504 and 506 IPC, in the interest of justice." 2. Respondent No.2 has specifically admitted the terms of the compromise and submits that she has no objection to allow the criminal petition and to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioner. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:1701 CRL.P No. 17170 of 2025 4. In view of the above, memorandum of compromise petition is accepted. Since there is compromise between the parties, continuation of the criminal proceedings against the petitioner will not give any result by conducting the trial. Therefore, I am of the opinion that the criminal proceedings is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, I proceed to pass the following: ORDER (i) The criminal petition is allowed. (ii)The criminal proceedings initiated in C.C.No.15168/2017, pending on the file of the learned XLVI ACMM Court, Bengaluru, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 354, 420, 504 and 506 of IPC, is hereby quashed against the petitioner. Sd/- (M G UMA) JUDGE MKM CT:VS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 10