1 1284.11-wp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1284 OF 2011 Smt.Shakilabanu Ibrahim Qureshi and others. ... Petitioners. V/s. The State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. O.A.Siddiqui for the petitioners. A.S.Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 28th July 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. By this petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing and setting aside of F.I.R. No.33/2011 and Criminal Case No.724/PW/2011 arising out of the said F.I.R. and pending before learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 46th Court, Mazagaon, Mumbai. 3. The petitioner No.5 and respondent No.2 were married to each other on 15th May 2005. It appears that subsequently there was matrimonial dispute between the parties and, as such, an F.I.R. came to be filed at the instance of respondent No.2 and the matter is pending before the learned Magistrate. 2 1284.11-wp 4. During the pendency of present petition, the matter has been amicably settled between the parties in terms of the consent terms which are placed on record. The same are marked ‘X’ for identification. Respondent No.2 has also filed an affidavit reiterating the same. She has stated that she is not interested in continuing with the criminal proceeding and has also requested for quashing the same. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Rule is, thus, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b). (B.R.GAVAI, J.)