1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4358 OF 2009 Amol Baburao Divekar : Applicant V/s. Smt.Sukeshni @ Jyoti Amol Divekar & Anr. : Respondents .... Mr.Nitin V. Jadhav for the applicant. Mr.Sachin Chandan for respondent no.1. Mrs.A.A.Mane, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. .... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 29, 2009. P.C.: 1. The applicant is an accused in a complaint under section 498-A read with sections 504, 506 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code filed by the respondent no.1 wife. Apparently, the complaint which arose out of a matrimonial dispute between the parties has been settled. The applicant has given an undertaking dated 16.9.2009 to the wife at exh.`B’ that he will take care of her and treat her with respect and will not repeat the act mentioned in the F.I.R. No.I-104. The respondent no.1 has entered into appearance through an Advocate and admits the settlement between them. 2 2. Having regard to the fact that the dispute between the parties is in the nature of a private dispute where the rights of the parties alone are involved and the public at large are not concerned with, I consider it appropriate in the interest of justice to accept the plea of the applicant and quash the F.I.R., 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). In the circumstances, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor has no objection. 3. Accordingly, the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (b). S.A. BOBDE, J.