1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.2275 OF 2010 Fahimuddin Sharfuddin Khan and others .... Applicants. V/s The State of Maharashtra and another. ..... Respondents. Ms. Prachi Mhatre i/b M.S. Bodhanwalla & Co. for the applicants. Ms. M.R. Tidake, APP for the State. Mr. Nitin Pradhan i/b Ms. S.D. Khot & Ameeta Kuttikrishnan for Respondent No.2. CORAM: V. M. KANADE, J. DATE : 6th May, 2010 P.C.:- 1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Respondents waive service. 2. By consent of parties, application is taken up for final hearing. 3. Heard the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the applicants and the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of 2 the Respondent No.2. 4. This is an application for quashing the complaint which is filed by Respondent No.2 under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and which has been registered at Gaodevi Police Station vide C.R. No.246 of 2007 and out of which proceedings vide C.C. No.61/M/2008 are pending in the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 40th Court, Girgaon, Mumbai. 5. The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that application for divorce by mutual consent was filed in the Family Court, Bandra and in the said proceedings consent terms were filed between the parties and one of the conditions in the said consent terms was that the Respondent No.2 shall cooperate with the applicants herein in getting the complaint quashed. Respondent No.2 has also filed an affidavit in reply in which she has stated that she has no objection if the said complaint is quashed. Respondent No.2 is present in Court. I have interviewed her as to whether she has filed this affidavit by giving her consent by her own free will and whether she has any objection if the complaint is quashed. She states that no pressure was put on her for giving consent and she has reiterated that she has no objection if the complaint is quashed. 6. In view of the judgment in B.S. Joshi Vs. State of 3 Haryana and another1, in my view, this Court can exercise its inherent powers under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code for quashing the complaint. I am satisfied that if the complaint is quashed both the parties can start a new chapter in their life on a clean slate. 7. Application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). Rule is made absolute accordingly. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 1 (2003) 4 SCC 675