1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1629 OF 2009 Shri Shrikant Divakar Rao : Petitioner (Orig. Accused) V/s. Smt.Bharti Shrikant Rao & Anr. : Respondents ... Mr.Sandesh D. Patil for the petitioner. Mr.Sanjay Gawade for respondent no.1. Mr.S.N.Gawade, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : AUGUST 24, 2009. P.C.: Leave to amend. Amendment be carried out forthwith. 2. The petitioner is married to the respondent no.1. They have one son and one daughter out of the wedlock. Apparently, due to some incident, the respondent no.1 has filed a complaint under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code against the petitioner. Matrimonial proceedings were also filed by the respondent no.1. 3. Admittedly, proceedings between the parties have been concluded 2 amicably and the parties have arrived at a settlement and are living together happily. Both the parties are present before this Court and the learned counsel for the respondent no.1 accepts the settlement between the parties. It appears, however, that an application for compounding of the offence was rejected by the learned trial Court for want of power to compound an offence of this nature. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that in appropriate cases, it has been held that this Court may direct such offences be compounded. This view has been taken 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). Having regard to the nature of the dispute in question, it is apparent that the public at large are not concerned with the incident and in view of the fact that the matter has been settled between the parties, I consider it appropriate to quash and set aside the offence registered vide C.R. No.443/07 with Kapurbawdi police station under section 498A of the I.P.C. Order accordingly. 4. This Criminal Writ Petition stands disposed of. S.A. BOBDE, J.