1 wp2107.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Writ Petition No. 2107 of 2011 Dr. Vikram Mohan Parmar ....Petitioner v/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Krupali Rajani for the petitioner. Mr. Satyajeet Mirajkar for the respondent no.2. Ms. A.T. Jhaveri-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 29th July, 2011 PC: The petitioners have filed this petition for quashing FIR registered vide Crime No. 71/2002 registered at Mulund Police Station and or quashing criminal case no. 260/P/2002 pending before the Mulund Court. The petitioner no. 1 and respondent no.2 were married to each other on 3rd November, 2000. However, subsequently the dispute arose between the petitioner and the respondent no.2 and respondent no.2 started residing separately. Out of the said dispute, the aforesaid criminal proceedings came to be initiated at the instance of respondent no.2. 2. The matter has now been amicably settled between the parties. The parties have filed the proceedings before the Family Court at Nashik for seeking divorce by mutual consent. Petitioner No. 1 and respondent no.2 are personally present in the Court and they reiterate about the settlement. 3. It can, therefore, be seen that the parties have settled their matrimonial dispute. It can further be seen that the parties have agreed to give an end to the criminal litigations pending between them. 2 wp2107.11.sxw 4. The Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi v. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 SCC 675 has held that this Court should encourage settlement of matrimonial disputes by exercising extraordinary powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code to quash the criminal proceedings under Section 498 A of the IPC. 5. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)