1 ssp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3071 OF 2010 Jitendra Prakash Rakshe & Ors. ...Applicants vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents Mrs. Pushkarni Kulkarni i/b Mr.Prashant Hagare for the applicants Mr.K.S.Patil for respondent no.2 Mr.J.P.Kharge, A.P.P for State CORAM : V.M.KANADE,J. DATE : JULY 15, 2010 P.C.: 1 An application is filed for quashing the criminal complaint filed by the respondent no.2 against the applicant for offence punishable under section 420, 467, 468, 471 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal code which was registered with Chakan Police Station, District Pune. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no.2 filed an affidavit dated 15th July 2010 in which he has stated that the complaint may be quashed as the entire dispute is amicably settled between both the parties. The grievance of the respondent no.2 was that the applicant had entered into development agreement with the other heirs in respect of the property where he has some share and without his consent the said agreement was executed on his behalf. A civil suit was also filed by him. In the affidavit in reply he has stated that the said dispute has been settled and the applicants have fulfilled all their obligations under the development agreement. 2 2 The applicants and the respondent no.2 are present in the Court. In view of this affidavit in reply, in my view there is no impediment to quash the complaint by exercising inherent power of this Court under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973. 3 It is well settled that this Court can exercise its inherent power if the complainant and the accused settled their dispute and more particularly if the Court comes to the conclusion that the dispute between the parties is a personal one. In the present case, the dispute essentially was of civil nature and all the dues which were payable to the complainant have now been paid by the applicants. 4 In this view of the matter, the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). (V.M.KANADE,J.)