Common Order:

1. This Criminal Petition has been filed by the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2 seeking to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.5897 of 2022 on the file of the X Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rangareddy District at Kukatpally, for the offences under Sections 304(II) read with 109 of IPC, Sections 185, 181 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 51B of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and Section 3 of Epidemic Disease Act.

2. Heard Mr. M. Vishnu Vardhan, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Rapolu Abhinav, learned counsel for respondent No.2, and Mr. Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing on behalf of respondent No.1-State.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that during the pendency of the present Criminal Petition, at the instance of the well wishers, relatives and elders, the parties have settled the disputes pending between them and entered into compromise and filed Joint Memo. Accordingly, the parties have filed I.A.Nos.4 and 5 of 2026 seeking permission to compound the offences and to record the compromise respectively.

4. This Court vide order, dated 23.01.2026, directed the parties i.e., the petitioners and respondent No.2, to appear before the High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad, on or before 06.02.2026 for their identification. In compliance of the said order, the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, has submitted a report, dated 05.02.2026, stating that petitioner No.2 and respondent No.2 were duly identified and petitioner No.1 could not be identified. On 25.02.2026, this Court directed the SPA holder of petitioner No.1 to appear physically to submit the identify of petitioner No.1/accused No.1 and petitioner No.1/accused No.1 is directed to appear through video conference before the high Court Legal Services Committee on or before 07.03.2026 for their identification. In compliance of the said order, the Secretary, High Court Legal Services Committee, has submitted a report, dated 06.03.2026, stating that petitioner No.1 appeared virtually through video call from the mobile phone of the SPA holder and both the parties were duly identified. It is further stated that the parties have willfully and without any coercion entered into compromise.

5. In view of the said reports and also in view of the compromise entered between the petitioners and respondent No.2 as well as the submissions made by the respective parties, I.A.Nos.4 and 5 of 2026 are allowed. Consequently, the proceedings in C.C.No.5897 of 2022 on the file of the X Additional Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Rangareddy District at Kukatpally, are hereby quashed against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 and 2.

6. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed, subject to payment of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) to the High Court Legal Services Committee, Hyderabad, and Rs.5,000/- (Rupees five thousand only) to the Telangana High Court Advocates’ Association, Hyderabad, by the petitioners, on or before 26.03.2026.

Miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed.