1 apl.403.11.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. Criminal Application No. 403 of 2011 Narayan Ramchandra Lalwani & ors. ...Applicants v/s. Smt. Jaya Narayan Lalwani & anr. ...Respondents Mr. Ganesh Bhujbal i/b. Prakash Naik for the applicants. Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh for respondent no.1. Mr. Y.M. Nakhawa-APP for the State. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI, J. 12th 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 CC No. 508/2010 arising out of CR No. I-47/2010 registered with Ulhasnagar police station. 3. The petitioner no.1 and respondent no.1 were married to each other on 1st January, 1997. It appears that subsequently there was a matrimonial dispute between the parties and on account of the same a FIR came to be filed. 4. The matter has now been amicably settled between the parties. The parties have obtained divorce by mutual consent. The respondent no.1- Complainant has filed an affidavit reiterating the same. 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 2 apl.403.11.sxw pending between them. 5. 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. 6. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R. GAVAI, J)