1 apl.543.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 543 of 2011 Shraddha Jay Ahuja alias Shraddha Chandrakant Patil ....Applicant v/s. Mr. Jay Suresh Ahuja ....Respondents Mr. Prakash Naik for the applicant. Ms. Vanita Orpe for respondents 1 and 2. Mr. S.S. Pednekar-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 29th June, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present application, the applicant-complainant has prayed for quashing Crime No. 125/2010 for offences punishable under Section 498(A), 406, 504, 323 read with section 34 of IPC. 3. The applicant was married to the respondent no.1. It appears that after the marriage there was a matrimonial dispute between the applicant and the respondent no.1. The FIR as such came to be lodged at the behest of the present applicant. 4. The applicant has filed this application stating therein that matter has been amicably settled between the parties. The parties have taken divorce by mutual consent. The applicant is personally present in the Court and reiterates 2 apl.543.11.sxw the same. 5. It can, therefore, be seen that the 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. 6. 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. 7. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)