1 2.wp.3205-09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3205 OF 2009 Smt.Priti Manish Sharma. ..Petitioner. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and another. ..Respondents. .......... Mr.Prashant Maggu, Advocate for the Petitioner. Respondent No.2 - N.K. Sharma, present in person. Ms.S.V. Gajare, A.P.P. for the State. .......... CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR AND A.R. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 25th FEBRUARY, 2011. P.C. 1. Today Respondent No.2/Complainant is also present in Court. He submits that since it was essentially family dispute, on counseling, the parties have decided to bury all their differences and amicably settle the contentious issues between them interse. In view of that arrangement, it has been decided that none of the parties would pursue any legal proceedings against the opposite party. This arrangement has been arrived at in the presence of three common relatives. In other words, the settlement is with full understanding and without any force or coercion. PPD 2 2.wp.3205-09 2. In this backdrop, the Petitioner prays for quashing of private Criminal Case filed by Respondent No.2 bearing No.352 of 2008 filed before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Navi Mumbai. 3. Having regard to the fact that the said complaint was filed on account of family dispute between Respondent No.2/Complainant and the Petitioner/Accused and that each of them have filed cross- complaints against other which they have decided to resolve amicably, to sub-serve the interest of justice, in our opinion, this is imminently a fit case where the Court ought to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India as well as under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code. 4. Since the allegations in the complaint are not affecting public interest in any manner in view of our decision in the case of Nari Motiram Hira Vs. Avinash Balkrishnan passed in Criminal Writ Petition No.995 of 2010 dated 3rd February, 2011, the Petition deserves to be allowed in terms of prayer clause (b). Ordered accordingly. (A. R. JOSHI, J.) (A. M. KHANWILKAR, J.)