SM 1 55.apl.705.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 705 OF 2011 Mr. Rohan Kesarinath Shirdhankar and ors. ....Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ....Respondents ____________ Mr. Anil Joshi for the Applicants. Mrs. M. R. Tidke, APP for the Respondent-State. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 27TH JULY, 2011. P.C.: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. By way of present application, the applicants are praying for quashing and setting aside the R.C.C.No. 181 of 2008 pending before the learned J.M.F.C., Court No. 2, Nasik. 3. The Applicant No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2 are husband and wife. They were married with each other on 23rd March, 2008. 4. It appears that there was a matrimonial dispute between the parties. As such the aforesaid criminal proceedings were initiated at the instance of Respondent No. 2 against the Applicant No. 1, and rest of the Applicants are his relatives. 5. The matter has been now settled between parties. The Respondent No. 2 and the Applicant No. 1 have filed Consent Terms in M.P. No.A-1650/2008 in the Family Court, Bandra, SM 2 55.apl.705.11 Mumbai. An affidavit to that effect has been filed on behalf of Respondent No. 2. The Applicant No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2 both are present in the Court and they reiterate the same. 6. The Apex Court in case of B. S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana reported in AIR 2003 SC 1386 has held that this Court should encourage matrimonial settlements by quashing criminal proceedings. IN that view of the matter, this is a fit case for exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 7. Rule made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B. R. GAVAI, J.)