MP 1 APL582_11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 582 OF 2011 Mr. Manilal Veerabhai Dodia and others ... Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ... Respondents Mr. R. B. Mungekar, Advocate for Applicants. Mr. Sartaj Shaikh, Advocate for the Respondent No.2. Mr. A. S. Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM : B. R. GAVAI, J. WEDNESDAY, JULY 06, 2011 P. C. : Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. By way of present application, the applicants are praying for quashing and setting aside the F.I.R. registered vide C.R.No. 465/2010 and the subsequent criminal proceedings pending before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Court at Bandra. 3. The applicant No.3 and the respondent No.2 are the husband and wife. It appears that there has been a matrimonial dispute between the parties and on account of the said dispute, the aforesaid F.I.R. came to be registered at the instance of the respondent No.2. 4. However, the matter has now been amicably settled between the parties. Respondent No.2 is cohabiting with the applicant No.3. The matrimonial disputes are resolved. An affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondent No.2-complainant . She is also personally present in the Court and reiterates the same. MP 2 APL582_11 5. 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. 6. The Apex Court in the case of B.S.Joshi Vs. State of Haryana reported in (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. 7. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B. R. GAVAI, J)