1 Criminal Writ Petition No.144/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.144 OF 2011 Sanket Prabhakar Yadav & ors. ... PETITIONERS VERSUS The state of Maharashtra & anr. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri S.S. Deve, Advocate for petitioners Shri V.D. Rakh, A.P.P. for respondent No.1. Shri K.G. Bhosale, Advocate for respondent No.2 ..... CORAM : K.U. CHANDIWAL, J. DATED : 29th June, 2011. PER COURT : 1. Heard Shri S.S. Deve and Shri K.G. Bhosale for the respective parties. The petitioner Sanket and the respondent No.2 Smt. Prasanna present, identified by the respective counsel. The couple have tendered a joint purshis under their signature and singed by the respective counsel, dated 29th June 2011 and also verification in the form of affidavit. The joint purshis informs that the prosecution initiated by respondent No. 2 Smt. Prasanna is withdrawn, she does not want to prosecute the same as she has joined company of her husband, the 2 Criminal Writ Petition No.144/2011 petitioner Sanket. Application for withdrawal is moved with free will without any coercion as the parties are educated and aware of the consequences. In the situation, in the light of the relations being patched between the couple, the prosecution initiated by respondent No.2 vide F.I.R. No.I-178/2010 of Jawaharnagar Police Station, Aurangabad is quashed and set aside and consequently, Charge Sheet No.21/2011 is also quashed and set aside. Writ Petition allowed to the extent as above. (K.U. CHANDIWAL, J. ) fmp/cwp144.11