SM 1 56.wp.711.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 711 OF 2011 Madhukar Krushna Ligade and others ....Petitioners Versus The State of Maharashtra and others ....Respondents ____________ Mr. Amit Sale for the Petitioners. Mr. Tushar Pimple for the Respondent. Mr. D. R. More, APP for the Respondent-State. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 27TH JULY, 2011. P.C.: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. The applicant has prayed for quashing of C. R. No. 122 of 2001 registered with the Mangalvedha Police Station and judgment and order dated 5th February, 2008 passed by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Mangalvedha in Regular Criminal Case No. 80 of 2001. 3. The criminal proceedings were initiated at the instance of Respondent No. 2. The complaint has been filed by the Respondent No. 2 for the offence punishable under Sections 324, 326, 504 of the IPC. It is the allegation of the complainant that there was a dispute between the accused person and the complainant, due to which the accused person assaulted the complainant. SM 2 56.wp.711.11 4. The learned Magistrate convicted the accused for the offence punishable under Sections 324, 326, 504 of the IPC. 5. During the pendency of the appeal, the matter is now amicably settled between the parties and an application for joint purshis for compounding the offence was filed. However, the learned Trial Court dismissed the same on the ground that it has no jurisdiction to do so. The complainant is personally present in the Court and reiterates about the settlement. 6. In veiw of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot Vs. State of Punjab, reported in (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 interest of justice the criminal proceedings are required to be quashed. 7. Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B. R. GAVAI, J.)