1 3490.10-wp- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 3490 OF 2010 Mr.Amit Satyavir Sharma and other. ... Petitioners. V/s. The State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. Kapil Dave for the applicants. J.B.Mishra for respondent No.2. CORAM : B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 6th June 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of parties. 2. The petitioners have approached this Court for quashing criminal proceeding initiated vide F.I.R. No. 15/2010 in respondent No.1 police station. 3. The respondent No.2 had married to petitioner No.1. Rest of the petitioners are relatives of petitioner No.1. It appears that after the marriage, there were differences between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2. Out of this dispute, aforesaid complaint was filed by respondent No.2- wife against petitioner No.1 for the 2 3490.10-wp- offence punishable under section 406, 498A read with section 34 of I.P.C. 4. The petitioner No.1 had also filed M.J.Petition No.A-1616/2009 seeking divorce. 5. It also appears that Transfer Petition No. 491/2010 was filed before the Apex Court. In the said proceeding a compromise deed was filed by which parties settled their dispute amicably. Accordingly divorce petition filed by the husband was permitted to be converted into petition for divorce by mutual consent. The learned Judge of the Family Court vide his order dated 25th October, 2010 has passed a decree dissolving the marriage between the parties. 6. From the perusal of the consent terms, it reveals that respondent No.2 has agreed to give an end to all the criminal complaints filed by her. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 reiterates this position. 7. The Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi v. State of Hariyana, (2003) 4 SCC 675, has held that this Court should exercise inherent powers under section 482 for giving end to the criminal proceedings and encourage settlement of matrimonial disputes. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R.GAVAI, J.)