1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3075 OF 2009 Addepalli Sayeshekar : Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra : Respondent .... Mr.H.E. Palwe for the applicant. Ms M.H. Mhatre, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 29, 2009. P.C.: 1. This is an application filed by the complainant for quashing the prosecution initiated by him in which the Magistrate has ordered investigation under section 156(3) of the Cr.P.C. 2. The applicant states that after the complaint was lodged, the accused approached the applicant and have made amends and apologised. He has further stated vide paragraph 6 that they have also paid the loan amount and redeemed the mortgage. Having regard to the fact that the accused nos.1 & 2 are women, the applicant is not desirous of continuing the legal proceedings against them. Having regard to the fact that the 2 dispute between the parties is in the nature of a private dispute where the rights of the parties alone are involved and the public at large are not concerned, I consider it appropriate in the interest of justice to accept the plea of the applicant and quash and set aside Criminal Case No.255/2009 and the order dated 28.4.2009 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nasik, under section 156(3) of the Cr.P.C., having regard to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Madan Mohan Abbot v. State of Punjab [(2008) 4 SCC 582] and Manoj Sharma v. State & Ors. (MANU/SC/8122/2008) = (2008 (4) KLT 417 (SC), subject to payment of costs in the sum of Rs.10,000/- to the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority, Mumbai. Order accordingly. 3. The Criminal Application stands disposed of. S.A. BOBDE, J.