:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.928 OF 1998 ALONG WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.471 OF 1998 M/s. Kushal Estates & Others ...Petitioners V/s Mr. Aniruddha Madhav Bapat & Anr ...Respondents Mr. P.B. Shah for the petitioners. Mr. S.A. Wagh for respondent No.1. Mr. A.S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM: V.M.KANADE,J. DATE: 3rd March, 2005 P.C. 1. Parties have settled the dispute amicably. The consent terms signed by both the parties and their advocates are taken on record and marked "X" for identification. In the said compromise praecipe, it is recorded that the petitioners have paid the amount due and payable to the respondent in full and final settlement of the transaction in question. Respondent states that he has no further claim against the petitioners. 2. In view of the consent terms which are filed, the case is compounded under the provisions of section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The :2: complaint filed by the respondent in the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 40th Court, Girgaon, Mumbai being Private Criminal Case No.716/S/98 & 221/S/98 is quashed and dismissed. The process issued in the said complaint is recalled. 3. Both Criminal Writ Petitions are allowed in the above terms. V.M. KANADE, J.