SM 1 922.ap.285.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION N O. 285 OF 2011 Mr. Rakesh Suryakant Shete and others ....Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra and another ....Respondents ____________ Mr. Balawant Patole i/b Shri. Subhash Kulyalkar for the Applicants. Mr. A. S. Shitole, APP for the Respondent No. 1-State. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 15 TH JULY, 2011. P.C.: Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. By way of present Petition, the Petitioners are praying for quashing and setting aside C. R. No. 33 of 2010 registered with the Otur police station. 3. The Applicant No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2 are husband and wife. They were married with each other in the year 2007. 4. It appears that there was a matrimonial discord between the parties. As such the aforesaid F.I.R. came to be registered at the instance of Respondent No. 2 against the Applicant No. 1, and rest of the Applicants are his relatives. 5. The matter has been now settled between parties. The SM 2 922.ap.285.11 Respondent No. 2 and the Applicant No. 1 are cohabiting and living together and an affidavit to that effect has been filed on behalf of Respondent No. 2. The Applicant No. 1 and the Respondent No. 2 both are present in the Court and they reiterate the same. 6. The Apex Court in case of B. S. Joshi Vs. State of Haryana reported in AIR 2003 SC 1386 has held that this Court should encourage matrimonial settlements by quashing criminal proceedings. IN that view of the matter, this is a fit case for exercising inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 7. Rule made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B. R. GAVAI, J.)