( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 741 OF 2009 Sau. Shobhabai w/o Prakash Dhatrak and others. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and another. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. Mukul Karkarni, advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. Y.M. Kshirsagar, APP for the respondent No.1. Mr. N.B. Suryawanshi, advocate for the respondent No.2. ..... WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 742 OF 2009 Bipin s/o Subhashrao Shikare and others. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and another. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. N.B. Suryawanshi, advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. Y.M. Kshirsagar, APP for the respondent No. 1. Mr. Mukul Kulkarni, advocate for the respondent No. 2. ..... [CORAM : V.R. KINGAONKAR, J.] [DATE : 11th September, 2009] ( 2 ) PER COURT : 1. These are counter cases. The parties have entered into compromise terms. The joint compromise memo is verified by the Registrar (Judicial). The criminal cases bearing R.C.C. No. 373/2007 and R.C.C. No. 374/2007 are for the offences punishable under section 452, 143, 323, 504 and 506 of the I.P. Code. It appears that offence punishable under section 452 of I.P. Code is non-compoundable. The complainants in both the cases stated that the complaints were filed due to misunderstanding. The parties are related to each other. 2. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and learned APP and on going through the certain observations in “Mansur A. Khan v. State of Maharashtra” 2004 (3) Mh.L.J. 550, I find that the settlement of the dispute is bonafidely done by the parties. The continuation of the criminal cases may amount to abuse of process of the Court, since there will be no much material available in support of the case of prosecution in both the cases. It will also cause unnecessary waste ( 3 ) of judicial time and the process of the Court. IN this view of the matter, in the exercise of the jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution, as well under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, both the criminal cases are quashed. Both the petitions are allowed accordingly. [ V.R. KINGAONKAR ] JUDGE NPJ/criwp741-742-09