1 (Cr.WP 2129/10) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2129 OF 2010 Mr. Sanjay Bharadwaj Sharma .... Petitioner. V/s The State of Maharashtra and anr. ..... Respondents. Mr. A.K. Singh i/b Lex Remedeum for the petitioner. Mr. S.A. Shaikh, APP for the State. Respondent No.2 – Rashmi Sanjay Sharma, present in person. CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 22nd July, 2010 P.C.:- 1. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner and the Respondent No.2 who is appearing in person. She has been identified by the learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the Petitioner. She has produced her passport in order to prove her identity. I have perused the passport. A xerox copy of the said passport is taken on record. 2. This Petition is filed for quashing the criminal complaint filed by Respondent No.2 for the offence punishable under sections 498A, 506 of the Indian Penal Code which is 2 (Cr.WP 2129/10) registered vide C.R. No.647 of 2006 with Oshiwara Police Station and the charge-sheet also has been filed on 22/01/2007 and it is pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate, 22nd Court, Andheri, Mumbai. 3. Parties have now amicably settled the dispute. They have filed consent terms for divorce by mutual consent in the Family Court at Bandra in Petition No.579 of 2007. Respondent No.2 has agreed to withdraw the criminal complaint filed by her and, thereafter, apply for decree of divorce in the Family Court. The Petitioner, at present, is serving in Jakarta in Indonesia. Respondent No.2 is residing at Andheri, Mumbai. In view of the consent terms which are filed and the statement made by Respondent No.2 who is appearing in person, in my view, there is no impediment for the purpose of quashing the criminal complaint particularly in view of the ratio of the judgment in B.S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana1 4. Criminal Writ Petition is accordingly allowed in terms of prayer clause (a) and disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 1 AIR 2003 SC 1386 3 (Cr.WP 2129/10)