1 Appln: 4959/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.4959 OF 2010 Mr. Devang R. Sanghvi & Anr. .... Applicants Vs. Mrs. Kavita D. Sanghvi .... Respondent Mr. Devang Sanghvi, applicant, in person. None for respondent no.1 Mrs. U.V. Kezriwal, APP for State. Coram : SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. Date : 21st December, 2010 P.C. 1. This application is filed for quashing of the criminal proceedings being C.C.No. 2202006/PW/2007 pending in the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate 22nd Court, Andheri, (E), Mumbai. Notice of the application has been served upon respondent no.1, who is absent despite service. Applicant no. 1 who appears in person states that the complaint had been filed by respondent no.1 under Sections 498-A and 406 Indian Penal Code against him and the other applicants, who are his family members on account of matrimonial dispute between the two. That matrimonial dispute has since been amicably 2 Appln: 4959/2010 settled and applicant no.1 and respondent no.1 have filed consent terms in the Family Court in M.J. Petition No. A-1558 of 2004. One of the terms therein is that both the sides will withdraw all the allegations made against each other and their family members in the M.J. Petition as well as in any other proceedings. Clause 6 of the consent terms makes a specific reference to the present proceedings, wherein it has been agreed that the proceedings would be either withdrawn and or that both would help each other in getting the same quashed prior to the decree of divorce being granted. In view of the consent terms, the application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a). (Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J)