1 apl.599.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 599 of 2011 Mohd. Hasan Abdul Shakur ....Applicant v/s. The State of Maharashtra & anr. ....Respondents Mr. Eknath Savant and Sudha Savant for the applicant. Mr. D.R.More-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 4th July, 2011 PC: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. By way of present petition, the petitioner prays for quashing and setting aside the FIR registered vide C.R. No. 162/2010 for the offence punishable under Section 324, 502, 506 read with 34 of IPC and the consequent criminal proceedings pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate, Girgaun. 3. The FIR is registered on the information of respondent no.2 alleging therein that the petitioner who was employer of the respondent no.2 had assaulted the respondent no.2 being aggrieved by the fact that the respondent no.2 had left the employment. 4. The matter has been amicably settled between the parties. The Respondent No. 2 has filed an affidavit stating therein that he has no grievance against the petitioner. The Complainant is present in the Court and reiterates the same. 2 apl.599.11.sxw 5. It can, thus, be seen that the matter has been amicably settled between the parties. From the perusal of the complaint it would reveal that the allegations are totally personal in nature. There is no element of public law involved in the crime. 6. In view of the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Madan Mohan Abbot v/s. State of Punjab, (2008) 4 SCC 582, I find that no purpose would be served by keeping the criminal proceedings pending except burdening the Criminal Courts which are already overburdened. In that view of the matter, I find that in the interests of justice the criminal proceedings are required to be quashed. 7. Rule is, thus, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)