1 wp422.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Writ Petition No. 422 of 2011 Ganesh Kathod Chaudhary & ors. ....Petitioners v/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Mr. S.S.Punde for the petitioners. Mr. Onkar Warange for respondent no.2. M.R. Tidke-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 29th July, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioners are praying for quashing Regular Criminal Case No. 474/2010 pending before JMFC, Panvel. The complaint has been filed by the respondent no.2 with an allegation that the petitioners had fabricated the 7/12 records of the property. 3. The parties are related to each other. The respondent no.3 has filed an affidavit stating therein that the matter is amicably settled and he does not wish to proceed with the criminal proceedings. It can, thus, be seen that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties. From the perusal of the complaint it would reveal that the allegations are totally personal in nature. There is no element of public law involved in the crime. 2 wp422.11.sxw 4. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot v/s. State of Punjab, (2008) 4 SCC 582, I find that no purpose would be served by keeping the criminal proceedings pending except burdening the Criminal Courts which are already overburdened. In that view of the matter, I find that in the interests of justice the criminal proceedings are required to be quashed. 5. Rule is, thus, made absolute in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b). (B.R. GAVAI, J)