SM 1 3.apl.516.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 516 OF 2011 Noor Mohammed Khatri ....Applicant Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ....Respondents ____________ Mr. Milind S. Sawant for the Applicant. Mrs. M. R. Tidke, APP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Omkar Warange for the Respondent No. 2. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 10TH AUGUST, 2011. P.C.: Leave to amend. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 3. By way of present application, the applicant is praying for quashing of F.I.R No. 487 of 2009 registered with the Goregaon Police Station, Mumbai for the offence punishable under Section 353. 506 (2) of the Indian Penal Code. 4. The F.I.R. is registered on the basis of the complaint made by the respondent no. 2 alleging therein that the complainant, who is working in the Bombay Municipal Corporation as an Assistant Engineer was performing his official duties. He stated that on 18th December, 2009 when the complainant was discharging his duties, the present applicant SM 2 3.apl.516.11 obstructed and did not permit the complainant to discharge his duties. 5. The respondent no. 2 is personally present in the Court and has also filed affidavit stating therein that the matter has been amicably settled and the complainant has no grievance as against the present applicant. 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 (b). (B. R. GAVAI, J.)