1 apl.331.11\.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 331 of 2011 Amit Anal Prakash Mishra ....Applicant v/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Mr. H.R. Sharma for the applicant. Mr. K.K. Agarwal for respondent no.2. Mr. D.R. More-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 3rd August, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. The applicant and respondent no.2 were married on 25th October, 2008. However, it appears that immediately after the marriage, differences arose between the parties. Out of the said differences the FIR came to be registered by Mira Road Police Police Station at the instance of respondent no.2. 3. However, the matter has been amicably settled. The marriage between the parties has been dissolved as per the decree passed by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Thane in Marriage Petition No. 283/2009. 4. The Respondent No. 2 has also filed an affidavit reiterating therein amicable settlement between the parties. The petitioner so also the respondent no.2 are personally present in the Court. It can, therefore, be seen that the 2 apl.331.11\.sxw parties have settled their matrimonial dispute. It can further be seen that the parties have agreed to give an end to the criminal litigations pending between them. 5. The Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi v. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 SCC 675 has held that this Court should encourage settlement of matrimonial disputes by exercising extraordinary powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code to quash the criminal proceedings under Section 498 A of the IPC. 6. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)