1 563.11-apl IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 563 OF 2011 Shri Girish Mahesh Devnani and others. ... Applicants. V/s. State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. N.R.Bubna for the applicants. A.S.Shitole, APP for the State. Pankaj Das for respondent No.1. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 5th July 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. By way of present application, the applicants are praying for quashing of C.R.No.I-125/2010 registered by Central Police Station, Ulhasnagar and R.C.C. No.211/2011 pending before learned J.M.F.C., Ulhasnagar for the offences punishable under sections 498-A, 406, 377, 323, 504, 506, 34 of I.P.C. 3. The applicant No.1 and respondent No.2 were husband and wife. It is a matrimonial dispute between applicant No.1 and respondent No. 2. The said F.I.R. has been lodged at the instance of respondent No.2 for the offences as aforesaid. 2 563.11-apl 4. The parties have, now, settled their dispute. The consent terms, which are duly signed by the parties and their respective advocates, are taken on record and marked `X’ for identification. The parties have applied for dissolution of marriage by mutual consent. An amount of Rs.12,50,000/- has been paid by way of one time settlement by applicant No.1 to respondent No.2. 5. The respondent No.2- complainant is personally present in the Court and reiterates the facts regarding mutual settlement and receipt of the amount as aforesaid. 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.)