1 mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.319 OF 2011 Ms.Rachana Virendra Tiwari Petitioner versus State of Maharashtra and others Respondents Mr.Kezer Kharawala i/by R.K.Associates for petitioner. Dr.V.V.L.N.Shastri, respondent no.3 (original complainant), who is director of respondent no.2, is present in person Mrs.A.S.Pai, APP for respondent no.1. CORAM : A.M.KHANWILKAR AND P.D.KODE, JJ. DATE : 26th September 2011 PC : 1. Rule. Mrs.A.S.Pai appearing for respondent no.1 waives service. Respondent no.3 appears in person and waives service also for respondent no.2. By consent, Rule is made returnable forthwith. 2. By this petition, it is prayed that the charge sheet dated 18th January 2011 filed in FIR No.304 of 2010 registered at Chembur Police Station, Mumbai be quashed and set aside. The said complaint is registered at the instance of respondent No.3 who is director of respondent no.2 for offence punishable under Sections 406, 408, 420, 507 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The dispute was essentially in respect of some business transaction between the parties, which led to the filing of the complaint. 2 3. The parties have amicably resolved all their differences, and the petitioner has already paid Rs.6.00 lakhs in full and final settlement of the dispute to respondent Nos.2 and 3. In the light of this development, respondent Nos.2 and 3 have no intention to proceed with the criminal action against the petitioner herein. The suit filed by the respondent nos.2 and 3 against the petitioner also stood withdrawn. The learned A.P.P. states that no other offence is reported or pending investigation against the petitioner herein. 4. In this view of the matter, we are inclined to accede to the request of the petitioner of quashing the criminal action registered and pending against her. We are inclined to do so, as the criminal action is the outcome of dispute arising between the petitioner and respondent Nos.2 and 3 out of business transaction, which has now been amicably resolved between the private parties. It will have no impact on matters of public policy as such. 5. In the interest of justice, therefore, this petition deserves to be, and is, allowed in terms of prayer clause (a) of the petition. 6. Office to forthwith send a copy of this order to the Learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 11th Court, at Kurla, Mumbai to bring this matter to his notice. (P.D.KODE, J.) (A.M.KHANWILKAR, J.)