1 (crim wp 1649 of 2010) `IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1649 OF 2010 Santosh Vasant Jagtap and Ors. ..Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. ...Respondents ----- Mr.Suhas M. Kharat i/b. Mr. S.G. Rajput for Petitioners Mrs. P.P. Bhosale- APP for State Mr. Rakesh Kumar Yadav for Respondent No.2 ----- CORAM: V.M. KANADE J. DATED: 2ND AUGUST, 2010 P.C. 1. This is a petition filed by the Petitioners for quashing the criminal complaint filed by the Respondent No.2,which is registered with Wadala Police Station vide C.R. No. 213 of 2008 for the offences punishable under sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under sections 5,9,32 of The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. 2. It is submitted that the Respondent no.2 does not wish to pursue the criminal complaint since the parties have amicably settled the dispute. The Respondent No.2 has filed an affidavit in reply, in which she has stated that she has settled all the 2 (crim wp 1649 of 2010) disputes with her husband and now at this moment, she is residing with her husband in the matrimonial home since last one year. 3. Since the parties have settled the dispute and no useful purpose will be served if the criminal complaint is kept pending. Hence, as per the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi vs. State of Haryana reported in AIR 2003 SC 1386 there is no impediment to quash the said criminal complaint. 4. Petition, therefore, is allowed in terms of prayer clause 13(a) and is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE J.)