1 apl.152.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 152 of 2011 Mr. Navdeep Atmaram Parab & ors. ...Applicants v/s. Mrs. Aarti Navdeep Parab & anr. ...Respondents Mr. Prakash Naik for the applicants. Mrs. Arti J. Parab respondent in person present. Mrs. M.R. Tidke-APP. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 15th June, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioner is seeking quashing of CC No. 469/PW/2010 arising out of CR No. 276/2010. The petitioner and respondent no. 1 are husband and wife. It appears that there was a matrimonial dispute between the parties. On account of the said dispute, the aforesaid complaint for the offences punishable under Section 498(A) and 406 came to be lodged by the respondent no. 1. The parties have now settled the dispute. The parties have made an application to the Family Court for dissolution of marriage by mutual consent. The Complainant has already withdrawn the proceedings filed 2 apl.152.11.sxw by her under the Domestic Violence Act. The parties have already filed consent terms before the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, Mazgaon. The Applicants as well as respondent no. 1 are personally present in the Court. Though the Counsel for respondent no. 1 for some reasons could not remain present in the Court, respondent No. 1 has been identified by the petitioner no. 1. It can, therefore, be seen that the parties have settled their matrimonial dispute. It can further be seen that the parties have agreed to give an end to the criminal litigations pending between them. 3. The Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi v. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 SCC 675 has held that this Court should encourage settlement of matrimonial disputes by exercising extraordinary powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code to quash the criminal proceedings under Section 498 A of the IPC. 4. In that view of the matter, the petition deserves to be allowed. Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)