1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 2627 OF 2009 Ketan Harjivan Lakum & Anr. ..Applicants versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents Mr. Niranjan Mundargi i/b. Mr. M. K. Kocharekar for Applicants. Mrs. M. H. Mhatre – APP for State. Mrs. P. V. Badadare for Respondent No. 2. CORAM : S. A. BOBDE, J. DATED : 31ST JULY, 2009. P.C. : 1. This is an application for quashing the complaint lodged with the Shivaji Park Police Station vide C.R. No. 69 of 2009. The Applicants were employee of the Respondent No. 2. In the complaint, the Respondent No. 2 alleged that they had misappropriated money to the extent of Rs.2,13,000/-. In response to this application, the Respondent No. 2 has filed an affidavit dated 25th June 2009 and has stated that he has decided not to pursue the complaint against the Applicants as they had given assurances that they will not indulge in any such fraudulent acts in future. The learned counsel for the Respondent No. 2 states that the Applicants have removed the grievances 2 and hence the Affidavit has been filed. 2. Having regard to the nature of the dispute, which is essentially private in nature in between the parties in which public at large is not concerned, I consider it appropriate in the interest of justice to quash the FIR. Application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a), which reads as follows: “(a) This Hon’ble Court be pleased to quash and set aside the F.I.R. / Complaint lodged with the Shivaji Park Police Station, Mumbai vide C.R. No. 69.2009.” 3. Order accordingly. (S. A. BOBDE, J.)