1 2WP.1076-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1076 OF 2010 Mahabal Booba Kuckian and another. ..Petitioners. Vs. Bhachubhai Dharamshi Patel and another. ..Respondents. .......... Mr. Y.K. Sharma, i/b. Ganesh & Co. for the Petitioners. Ms.Azmin Irani a/w. Manish Doshi, i/b. Vimadalal & Co. for respondent No.1. Mr. P.S.Hingorani, APP, for Respondent No.2. .......... CORAM : A. M. KHANWILKAR AND P. D. KODE, JJ. DATED : 07th OCTOBER, 2011. P.C. 1. By this Petition, it is prayed that the FIR No.6 of 2009 registered at Vashi police Station be quashed and set aside. The said complaint is registered at the instance of respondent No.1 for offence punishable under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code. The dispute was essentially in respect of some business transaction between the parties, which led to the filing of the complaint. 2. The parties have amicably resolved all their differences, and by consent the petitioners and private respondent No.1 jointly pray for granting relief in terms of prayer clauses (a) & (b). It is submitted that PPD 2 2WP.1076-10 settlement between the parties has been recorded even in the arbitration proceedings. In the light of this development, respondent No.1 has no intention to proceed with the criminal action against the petitioners herein. The learned APP states that no other offence is reported or pending investigation against the petitioners herein. 3. In this view of the matter, we are inclined to accede to the request of the petitioners of quashing the criminal action registered and pending against them. We are inclined to do so, as the criminal action is the outcome of dispute in relation to the business transaction between the petitioners and respondent No.1, which has now been amicably resolved between the private parties. It will have no impact on matters of public policy as such. 4. In the interest of justice, therefore, this petition deserves to be, and is, allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a) & (b) of the petition. Rule made absolute accordingly. 5. Office to forthwith send a copy of this order to the learned J.M.F.C. at CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai to bring this matter to his notice. (P. D. KODE, J.) (A. M. KHANWILKAR, J.)