MP 1 APPLN5796_10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5796 OF 2010 Mr. Rajkumar Amir Choudhry and others ... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ... Respondents Mr. Ganesh Gole, Advocate for Applicants. Mr. Rahul Singal i/b. Ms Prabha Badadare for the Respondent No. 2. Mr. D R. More, APP for the State. CORAM : B. R. GAVAI, J. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2011 P. C. : Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. By way of present application, the applicants are praying for quashing the F.I.R. registered vide C. R. No. 254 of 2004 and the consequent criminal proceedings i.e. CC No. 25/PW/2005. The F.I.R. is registered on the basis of the information of the respondent No. 2 stating therein that there was some altercation between the applicant and the father of the complainant. As a result of such, applicant assaulted the complainant and his colleague. The matter has now been settled between the parties. An affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondent No. 2 stating therein that the applicants and the complainant are the residents of the same locality and that they know each other since 33 years. 3. It can, thus, be seen that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties. From the perusal of the complaint, it would MP 2 APPLN5796_10 reveal that the allegations are totally personal in nature. There is no element of public law involved in the crime. 4. In view 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 page 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. However, at the same time, the costs need to be saddled on the parties for setting in motion the police machinery for settling their dispute. 5. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b). (B. R. GAVAI, J)