1 742.11-apl IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 742 OF 2011 Pratiksha Prakash Kudtarkar. ... Applicant. V/s. The State of Maharashtra and others. ... Respondents. Rishi Bhuta for the applicant. Y.M.Nakhwa, APP for the State. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 28th July 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. By this application, the applicant is praying for quashing and setting aside the Criminal Complaint No.1564/PW/2011 pending before learned Railway Mobile Metropolitan Magistrate, Andheri. 3. The applicant and respondent No.3 are husband and wife. It appears that there was some dispute between the parties. Accordingly, an F.I.R. came to be registered at the instance of respondent No.3 alleging that the applicant had stolen certain properties from the house. 4. Now, the matter is settled between the parties. The consent terms are placed on record. The applicant and respondent No.3 are 2 742.11-apl personally present in the Court. It is stated that the applicant and respondent No.3 are residing together peacefully. 5. Since the dispute was between the husband and wife and since it appears that the aforesaid criminal proceeding was initiated by respondent No.3 on account of matrimonial dispute, I find that no purpose would be served by keeping the criminal proceedings pending. In that view of the matter, rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (d). (B.R.GAVAI, J.)