1 apl.676-677-678.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 676 of 2011 Bababhai Yusuf Supariwala ....Applicant v/s. Shahnaz Banu Kasam Khan & anr. ....Respondents WITH Criminal Application No. 677 of 2011 Bababhai Yusuf Supariwala ....Applicant v/s. Naseem Banu Nawab Khan & anr. ....Respondents WITH Criminal Application No. 678 of 2011 Bababhai Yusuf Supariwala ....Applicant v/s. Husna Banu Anwahussain & anr. ....Respondents Mr. Ganesh Gole for the applicant. Mr. R.G. Merchant for respondent no.1. Mr. A.S. Shitole-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 29th July, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. In Criminal Application No. 676/2011 petitioners have prayed for 2 apl.676-677-678.11.sxw quashing FIR bearing M.E.C.R. No. 1/2011 registered at Tardeo Police Station in Criminal Case no.141/SW/2010 pending before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Girgaum. In Criminal Application No. 677/2011 the petitioner has prayed for quashing FIR bearing M.E.C.R. No. 2/2011 registered at Tardeo Police Station in Criminal Case No. 142/SW/2010 pending before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Girgaum and in Criminal Application No. 678/2011 the petitioners are praying for quashing FIR bearing M.E.C.R. No. 3/2011 regisered at Tardeo Police Station in Criminal Case No. 143/SW/2010 pending before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Girgaum. 3. In all the three cases the FIR was registered at the instance of respective respondent no.1-complainants alleging therein that the applicant had on the basis of fabricated power of attorney filed cases against the Complainants and as such cheated them. 4. The matter has been amicably settled between the parties. The Applicant as well as all the three Complainants are present in the Court. They reiterate the fact regarding the settlement of the dispute between them. It can, thus, be seen that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties. From the perusal of the complaint it would reveal that the allegations are totally personal in nature. There is no element of public law involved in the crime. 5. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot v.. State of Punjab, (2008) 4 SCC 582, I find that no purpose would be served by keeping the criminal proceedings pending except burdening the Criminal Courts which are already overburdened. In that view of the matter, I find that in the interests of justice the criminal proceedings are required to be quashed. . 3 apl.676-677-678.11.sxw 6. Rule in the aforesaid petitions is, thus, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)