1 wp747.11 ast IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 747 OF 2011 Vimal Pravinchandra Patel. ....Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Ms. Mallika Ingale, advocate for petitioner. Ms. S.V.Gajare, APP for Respondent No.1 Mr. Waris Pathan, advocate for respondent No.2. Petitioner present in court. Respondent No.2 present in court. CORAM:- P.V.HARDAS AND M.N.GILANI, JJ DATED:- APRIL 8, 2011 P.C. 1 Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties, this Petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2 By this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner prays for quashing the FIR on the basis of which an offence punishable under section 406 and 420 of I.P.C. has been registered against the Petitioner vide Crime No.174 of 2009 on 20/9/2009. 2 wp747.11 3 It appears that subsequent to registration of the offence the parties have amicably settled their disputes. We also find that police have not filed any chargesheet in the matter and the learned APP states that investigation is still incomplete. The offence alleged against the Petitioner i.e. punishable under section 420 and 406 of the I.P.C. are compoundable offence. In that light and in the peculiar facts of the present case, we are inclined to allow this Petition and quash the FIR against the Petitioner. 4 Pursuant to our order, the Petitioner and the Respondent complainant are present in the court and are identified by their respective Counsel. The parties admit to have signed the Memorandum of Understanding and also admit to have amicably settled the dispute between the them, which led to filing of the FIR. Therefore, in the peculiar facts of this case, we are inclined to allow this Petition. 5 Accordingly, we allow this Petition and quash and set aside the FIR, as prayed for in the Petition and make rule absolute in terms of the prayer clause (b) of the Petition. In the circumstances, there shall be no order as to costs. (M.N.GILANI, J) (P.V.HARDAS, J)