1 apl.162.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 162 of 2011 Sanjeev Singh Chadha ....Applicant v/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Mr. Vincent X. Dsilva for the applicant. Mr. Vishal Goghale for respondent no.2. Ms. A.T. Jhaveri-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 12th July, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioner prays for quashing the criminal proceedings i.e. CC No. 513/PW/2007. The FIR in question came to be lodged at the instance of the respondent no.2 for the offence punishable under Section 467, 468, 420. 3. It appears that the aforesaid crime came to be registered on the allegation that the accused had cheated the Complainant with respect to certain transactions. 4. The matter is now amicably settled between the petitioner and the respondent no.2. The Respondent No. 2 had filed an affidavit reiterating the same and stating that he has no objection for quashing the criminal proceedings 2 apl.162.11.sxw as against the present petitioner. 5. 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. 6. 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. However, at the same time, the costs need to be saddled on the parties for setting in motion the police machinery for settling their dispute. 7. Rule is, thus, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a), however, subject to costs quantified in the sum of Rs. 10,000/-. Costs to be paid by the applicant/petitioner by drawing demand draft in the name of Police Welfare Fund, Mumbai Police, Mumbai. The said demand draft be deposited with the office of the Public Prosecutor, High Court, Mumbai within a period of two weeks from today and receipt thereof be placed on the record of the present matters. (B.R. GAVAI, J)