1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3667 OF 2009 Mr.Jasminder Singh & Anr. : Applicants V/s. State of Maharashtra & Anr. : Respondents ... WITH CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3695 OF 2009 Mr.Jasminder Singh, aka Tony Singh : Applicant V/s. State of Maharashra & Anr. : Respondents .... Mr.Makrand Narvekar for the applicants. Ms A.T. Jhaveri, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Mr.Vishwabhushan Kamble i/b. M/s.India Law Alliance for resp. no.2. ... CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J. DATE : SEPTEMBER 24, 2009. P.C.: 1. These applications have been filed by the accused for quashing the orders passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Railway Mobile Court, Andheri, Mumbai, in C.C. No.74/MISC/2008 and CC No. 1072/SS/2008 under section 156(3) of the Cr.P.C. The learned counsel for the applicants submits that the dispute between the parties have been 2 settled and the applicants and the complainant-respondent have entered into Consent Terms. The parties have tendered Consent Terms signed by the applicants and their Advocates as also the respondent no.2 and his Advocate which are taken on record and marked “X-1” and “X-2” for identification. The learned counsel for the respondent no.2 joins the applicants’ prayer for quashing the orders and the proceedings on the ground that the dispute is settled between the parties. The respondent no.2 has appeared in Court and stated that the Consent Terms have been entered into on his own free will without any undue pressure and he does not wish to prosecute the applicants. He states that the prosecution may, therefore, be quashed and set aside. 2. Having regard to the fact that the dispute between the parties is essentially a private dispute where the rights of the parties alone are involved and the public at large are not concerned with, I consider it appropriate in the interest of justice to accept the plea of the parties and quash the orders and the proceedings in C.C. No.74/MISC/2008 and CC No.1072/SS/2008 pending in the learned Metropolitan Magistrate Railway Mobile Court, Andheri, Mumbai, in view of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Madan Mohan Abbot v. State of Punjab [(2008) 4 SCC 582] and Manoj Sharma v. State & Ors. (MANU/SC/8122/2008) = (2008 (4) KLT 417 (SC). 3 3. The Criminal Applications stand disposed of. S.A. BOBDE, J.