1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1731/2010 (Pankaj Uttamrao Ingale .vrs. State of Maharashtra) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's orders. and Registrar's orders Mr. P.S. Patil, Advocate for applicant, Mr. J.B. Jaiswal, APP for non-applicant/State, Mr. S.V. Sirpurkar, Advocate for complainant/intervenor. .......... CORAM : P.D. KODE, J DATED : MARCH 18, 2011 Heard. By this application, the applicant/accused apprehending an arrest in connection with Crime No. 279/2010 registered for offences under Sections 498-A, 406, 342 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of Dowry Prohibition Act, has prayed for a direction under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The said crime was registered upon the first information report lodged by wife of applicant. For the reasons recorded in the order dated 26th October, 2010, ad-interim order in terms of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was passed and the same was continued thereafter from time to time. Since it was found that registration of the said offence was probably out-come of dispute arisen 2 between the applicant, his family members and his wife, with the consent of the parties, the matter was sent for mediation. The report received from the mediator which is duly signed by the parties and their advocates on 16.3.2011, reveals that the said dispute has been now settled between the parties. After considering the terms of settlement mentioned in the report received, it appears that ends of justice would be served by confirming ad-interim direction given. It appears accordingly, as the same will help to resolve the dispute between the parties and to enforce the terms of settlement. Needless to add that in the premises aforesaid, hardly there appears now any necessity of custodial interrogation of applicant. Thus, on the said count also, ad-interim direction deserves to be confirmed and the same stands confirmed. The application stands disposed of. JUDGE Gulande