1 1420.11-wp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1420 OF 2011 Mona Manoj Ojha. ... Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. ... Respondents. Sandesh More for the petitioner. A.S.Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 17th June 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioner- complainant prays for quashing of C.R.No.179/2007 for the offence punishable under section 498A, 504, 506(II) read with section 34 of I.P.C. and consequent proceedings pending before the Magistrate, Andheri. 3. The petitioner is a wife of respondent No.2. The aforesaid F.I.R. was registered by the complainant alleging that there was certain ill treatment by respondent No.2 and his family members. However, it appears that the dispute between the petitioner and respondent No.2 has been, subsequently, resolved with the intervention of the respected persons from the community. Accordingly, petitioner had filed application before the 2 1420.11-wp learned Magistrate for the compounding. However, since the offence is not compoundable, leaned Magistrate rejected the said application. Hence this petition. 4. The complainant- wife is present in the Court along with her husband. She categorically states that she has no complaints against her husband and members of his family and both of them are residing together since last three years. 5. It can, therefore, be seen that the parties have settled their matrimonial dispute. It can further be seen that the parties have agreed to give an end to the criminal litigations pending between them. 6. The Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi v. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 SCC 675 has held that this Court should encourage settlement of matrimonial disputes by exercising extraordinary powers under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code to quash the criminal proceedings under Section 498 A of the IPC. 7. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (A) (B.R.GAVAI, J.)