1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2505 OF 2009 Smt. Malti Achintya Sharma & Ors. ..Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Santosh Chari for Petitioners. Ms. M. H. Mhatre – APP for the State. Mr. Vinayak Kutti i/b. Ms. Sunita Sharma for Respondent No. 2. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE, J. DATED : 14TH OCTOBER, 2009. P.C. : 1. Leave to amend cause title in respect of the petitioner No. 1. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2. The petitioners have filed this petition for quashing the prosecution initiated by the respondent No. 2 – complainant under Section 498(A) r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code on the ground that the dispute between the parties is settled. 3. The main ground for quashing is that the parties have settled the dispute between them and the complainant wishes to withdraw the 2 prosecution . The respondent No. 2 – complainant has filed an affidavit on 14th October 2009 in this court stating that the dispute between the parties is settled and she has no objection if the complaint filed by her and pending prosecution is quashed. The respondent No.2 - complainant has appeared in person and stated before this court that she has sworn this affidavit on her own free will and supports the affidavit. The learned counsel for the respondent No.2 - complainant thus supports the prayer of the petitioners for quashing the prosecution. 4. Having regard to the dispute, which is personal in nature in which the public at large is not involved and having regard to the law laid down in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot vs. State of Punjab [(2008)4 S.C.C. 582] and Manoj Sharma vs. State & Ors. [2008(4) KLT 417 (SC)], I consider it appropriate to allow this Petition in terms of prayer clause (b), which reads as follows: “By issuing appropriate writ order by direction, the proceedings against the Petitioners in Court Case No. 202/PW/2006 arose out of C.R. No. 63 of 2006 of Tardeo Police Station and pending before the Ld. Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s 4th Court at Girgaum, Mumbai may kindly be quashed and set aside;” 5. Order accordingly. (S. A. BOBDE, J.)