1 appln.5831.10.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 5831 of 2010 Mr. Santosh Shivaji Shete ...Applicant v/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ...Respondents Mr. Ajit Patil h/f. Mr. K.S. Patil for the applicant. Mrs. P. Kulkarni for respondent no.2. Mr. A.S. Shitole-APP. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 15th June, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioners are seeking quashing of C.R. No. 4/2009 registered at Samata Nagar police station. The petitioner no. 1 and respondent no. 2 are husband and wife. It appears that there was matrimonial dispute between the parties. On account of same the aforesaid FIR came to be filed for the offence punishable under Section 498 A. 3. The parties have now settled the matter. The parties have filed a petition for dissolution of marriage by consent. It has also been agreed by the parties 2 appln.5831.10.sxw that parties will give an end to criminal proceedings pending against each other. The affidavit has been filed by respondent no. 2 reiterating the same. 4. 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. 5. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)