sat 1 wp 1856-2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1856 OF 2011 Miss Roma Mahendra Doshi ...Petitioner vs. Mrs.Viral Anil Joshi & Anr. ...Respondents Mrs.Kiran Chawla for the Petitioner. Mr.Sujit Pathak for Respondent No.1. Dr.F.R. Shaikh, APP for the State. CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & U.D. SALVI, JJ. JULY 26, 2011 P.C. :- 1 Heard. 2 This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of Cr.P.C. prays for quashing of CR No.141/2011 registered with the Kandivali Police Station for the offence punishable under Section 380 of Cr.P.C. and on the ground that the petitioner-accused and sat 2 wp 1856-2011 respondent no.1 complainant have compromised and they are friends. As per the FIR registered on 31st May, 2011, the petitioner had taken away the purse of respondent no.1 and without her knowledge while both of them were at Kapil Beauty Saloon and Academy, Jyoti Plaza, M.G. Road, Kandavli (West) on 29th May, 2011 and an amount of Rs.9000/- was taken away from the said purse. Respondent no.1, therefore, lodged a complaint of theft against the petitioner. 3 This petition has been filed jointly by both of them and now it is contended that the petitioner is a family friend of respondent no.1 and she has realized her mistake of taking away the purse. She has returned the purse along with the amount subsequently to the complainant. The complainant, therefore, states that she does not want to pursue her complaint registered with the police station. 4 We had directed both of them to visit the police station and accordingly, on their visit their sat 3 wp 1856-2011 statements have been recorded on 22nd July, 2011. A copy of the said statement is placed before us. No chargesheet has yet been filed on completion of investigation in the FIR. It is also contended before us that the purse was not taken away with the intention of theft and it was only a fun. Be that as it may, we are satisfied that FIR No.141/2011 deserves to be quashed but by imposing costs on both the petitioner as well as the complainant. 5 We, therefore, allow this petition in terms of prayer clause (i) and subject to each one of them remitting an amount of Rs.1000/- with the Legal Services Authority of this Court within one week. 6 The petition is disposed off. (U.D. SALVI, J) (B.H. MARLAPALLE, J)