1 ndm 10 appln.1201.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1201 OF 2010 Bhawarlal Laxmichand Soni and ors. ... APPLICANTS Vs. The State of Maharashtra and anr. ... RESPONDENTS -------- Mr. Ganesh K. Gole for Applicants. Mr. J.P. Kharge, APP for State – Respondent No.1. Mrs. Neha Khandelwar Respondent No.2. -------- CORAM : B.R. GAVAI, J. DATE : 17 th March, 2010. P.C. 1 Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2 By way of present Application, the Applicants pray for quashing the FIR in C.R. No. 179 of 2007 registered by V.P. Road Police Station. 3 The Applicant No.1 and Respondent No.2 are husband and wife. It appears that there is a matrimonial dispute between them. The proceedings before the learned Family Court were also filed on account of the same. It appears that the FIR in question came to be filed at the behest of Respondent No. 2 against the present Applicants, who are 2 husband and the relatives of the Respondent No.2 out of the said matrimonial dispute. 4 It further appears that the said matrimonial dispute has been amicably settled and the parties have decided for mutual divorce on the terms and conditions filed in the proceedings before the learned Family Court. An affidavit in reply has been filed by Respondent No.2 to that effect. The Respondent No.2 is also personally present in the Court and re-iterates regarding amicable settlement between the Respondent No.2 and the Applicants. 5 The Apex Court in case of B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana ( AIR 2003 SC 1386 ) has held that, if the parties settle their matrimonial disputes amicably, then the Court should pass an order ending the Criminal Proceedings by invoking jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code. 6 In the present case, since the parties have amicably settled their dispute, I find that this is the fit case for this Court to invoke the powers under Section 482 to end the Criminal Proceedings between the parties. Rule is therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b). [ B.R. GAVAI, J ]