1 wp2017.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2017 of 2011 Mr. Ravi Shankar Gupta & anr. ....Petitioners v/s. Mr. Mohd. Laique Hanif Shaikh & anr. ....Respondents Mr. N. Khan for the petitioners. Mrs. Sandhya Amin for respondent no.1. Mr. S.S. Pednekar-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 20th July, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioner prays for quashing the proceedings in C.R. No. 322/2011. 3. The FIR came to be filed at the instance of respondent no.2 contending therein that the petitioners have fraudulently prepared the documents so as to enter their names in certain flats. 4. The matter has been settled between the parties. An affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent no.2 contending the same. 5. 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. 2 wp2017.11.sxw 6. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot v/s. 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. 7. Rule is, thus, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b), however, subject to costs quantified in the sum of Rs. 10,000/-. Costs to be paid by the petitioner by drawing demand draft in the name of Police Welfare Fund, Mumbai Police, Mumbai. The said demand draft be deposited with the office of the Public Prosecutor, High Court, Mumbai within a period of two weeks from today and receipt thereof be placed on the record of the present matters. (B.R. GAVAI, J)