1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 135 OF 2010 Kamla Jain & Anr. ... Petitioners. V/s. Vinita Jain & Anr. ... Respondents. Mrs. Manjula Rao for the Petitioners.. Mr. Sanjay Udeshi for the Respondent. Ms. A.T. Jhaveri, APP for the State. CORAM : S.C. DHARMADHIKARI,J. DATED : 20th JANUARY 2010. P.C. :- Mentioned. Not on Board. 2. It is stated that this is an application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. for quashing Case No.63/PW/2006, 293/PW/2007 and 50/M/2009, pending before the learned 8th Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, Esplanade, Mumbai. 3. The complaints are filed under Section 498A and 494 of I.P.C. 4. Parallel proceedings before the Civil Court were instituted. The said proceedings ended in consent terms being presented and order in terms thereof. In view of the compromise, the Civil Court was requested to dispose off the proceedings. In the mutual agreements recorded in the 2 compromise terms, it is agreed that these Criminal Complaints would not be proceeded with. 5. All parties to the Consent Terms and the present Criminal cases are appearing before me. Each one of them confirms the statements recorded above and the agreements reached. It is stated that the amounts have been kept presently in Escrow but would be released. It is also stated that immovable properties are also transferred. 6. In such circumstances, and in facts peculiar to this case, there is no impediment in exercising the powers under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. and quashing the Criminal Cases. The Petition is, therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). All concerned to act on authenticated copy of this order. (S.C. DHARMADHIKARI,J.)