1 1220.11-w--- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4540 OF 2011 Shri Abdul Haque Mohammed Yunus Ansari. ... Petitioner. V/s. The State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1220 OF 2011 Imam Hassan Siddque. ... Petitioner. V/s. State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. K.H.Holambe Patil for the petitioner (in W.P.No.4540/2010) and for respondent No.2 (in W.P.No.1220/2011) Ram Upadhyay i/b. Law Competere Consultus for the petitioner (in W.P.No.1220/2011) and for respondent No.2 (in W.P.No.4540/2010) D.R.More, APP for respondent No.1- State. Mrs.Seema Rawade for the B.M.C. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 8th July 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. Writ Petition No.4540/2010 has been filed by the petitioner for quashing the criminal proceeding in C.C.No.4600274/SS/2009. Writ Petition No.1220/2011 has been filed by the petitioners for quashing the criminal 2 1220.11-w--- proceedings in C.C.No.252/PW/2009. The petitioner in Writ Petition No. 4540/2010 is respondent No.2- complainant in Writ Petition No.1220/2011 and vice versa. 3. The petitioner in Writ Petition No.4540/2010 is working as Junior Engineer in Mumbai Municipal Corporation. It appears that when he had gone to inspect the premises of the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 1220/2011, there was some altercation between them and, as a result of which the criminal proceedings are pending. 4. The matter has now been amicably settled between the parties. Both parties are personally present before the Court and reiterate the same. 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. 5. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot v.. 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. 6. Rule in Writ Petition No.4540/2010 is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b) and rule in Writ Petition No.1220/2011 is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R.GAVAI, J.)