IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPLICATION NO. 33 OF 2010 Mari Raman Devendra & Ors. ..... ..... ...Applicants. V/s The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..... ... Respondents. Mr.Sameer M. Mangaonkar, Adv. for the applicants. Mr.A.R.Kapadnis, Adv. for the respondent No.2. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. 3rd March, 2010. PC: The applicant has filed the present application for quashing and setting aside the criminal case bearing No.CC569/PW/2006 pending on the file of learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s 22nd Court, Andheri, Mumbai for the offence punishable under sections 324 and 506 (ii) read with section 34 of IPC. An affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent No.2 stating therein that they are childhood friends and therefore the respondent­complainant does not wish to continue with criminal proceedings. 2. On the perusal of FIR it is clear that the dispute between the parties is purely personal in nature. The Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot vs. State of Punjab, (2008) 4 SCC 582 has held : “that in disputes where the question involved is of a purely personal nature, the court should ordinarily accept the terms of compromise even in criminal proceedings since keeping the matter alive with no possibility of a result in 1 favour of the prosecution is a luxury which the courts, grossly overburdened as they are, cannot afford and that the time so saved can be utilized in deciding more effective and meaningful litigation.” 3. The applicant and respondent No.2 are present in the Court and they reiterate settlement between the parties. In the result, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a) of the application. 3.3.2010. 2