1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2948 OF 2009 Rukshana Akhtar Hussain Shaikh @ Idrisi : Applicant V/s. State of Maharashtra & Ors. : Respondents ..... Mr.S.D.Patil i/b. Y.N.Shah for the applicant. Mr.S.S.Pednekar, Addl. Public Prosecutor for respondent no.1. Mr.Abhay Pande for respondent nos.2 to 7. .... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : JULY 30, 2009. P.C.: 1. This is an application for quashing and setting aside the F.I.R. registered at Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai, under section 498-A read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The marriage was solemnised in accordance with Islamic rituals. The parties have one son aged five years from the wedlock. A F.I.R. was lodged by the applicant under the aforesaid sections. However, after intervention by relatives, friends and senior members of the community, the dispute was resolved and the parties are living happily together along with their son. The applicant prays that 2 since she does not wish to pursue the prosecution in view of the settlement, the F.I.R. be quashed. The learned counsel for the respondent- husband stated that the respondent, who is present in Court, admits the settlement between the parties and joins the prayer for quashing the F.I.R. 2. The dispute between the parties is private in nature and the public at large are not concerned with it. Having regard to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Madan Mohan Abbot v. State of Punjab [(2008) 4 SCC 582] and Manoj Sharma v. State & Ors. (MANU/SC/8122/2008) = (2008 (4) KLT 417 (SC), the F.I.R. needs to be quashed and the private complaint filed by the applicant needs to be compounded. The applicant and the respondent are present in Court and they admit the settlement between them. 3. Accordingly, the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). Order accordingly. S.A. BOBDE, J.