1 pps IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 635 of 2011 Shuvjit Ray .. Applicant Versus Simmin Ray & Another ...Respondents Mr. Ashwin Thool i/b. Kiran Mehta for Applicant. Ms.Veena Gowda for Respondent No.1 Mr.V.B.Kondedeshmukh APP for State CORAM:- R.Y.GANOO, J. DATED:- 14th JULY, 2011. P.C. 1. The applicant and the respondent no.1 are the husband and wife. Respondent no.1 has filed FIR with Malad Police Station being FIR No.197/2010 under Section 498, 504, 506(b), 406 r/w. Section 34 of Indian Penal Code against the petitioner. 2. At a particular point of time, the petitioner as well as the respondent no.1 arrived at conclusion that they should dissolve their marriage by taking benefit of the provisions of Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act. Accordingly the petition is filed in the Family Court at Bandra 2 being Petition No.F 1897 of 2010 and got to be disposed of. The petitioner and the respondents have arrived at decision to put an end to their matrimonial life. The petitioner has paid to the respondent no.1 the sum of Rs. 40 lakhs on the basis of consent terms which were arrived at between the petitioner and the respondent no.1 before the learned Judge. The said payment is as per the consent terms which were filed before the learned Judge. The respondent no.1 has filed affidavit stating that she is no objection if the proceeding before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate under Section 498A be quashed. 3. After having perused the text of the record, in the interest of justice, it would be proper to put an end to the proceeding which is pending before the learned Magistrate. In my view, the ground mentioned in para 10 of this petition can be accepted for quashing the FIR. 4. In view of the above the following order is passed. ORDER Petition is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b). (R.Y.GANOO, J.)