1 572.11-wp IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 572 OF 2011 Mr.Punit Gupta S/o. Vijay Kumar Gupta & ors. ... Petitioners. V/s. The State of Maharashtra and Anr. ... Respondents. A.M.Saraogi for the petitioners S.S.Pednekar, APP for respondent No.1- State. D.S.Chandanani for respondent No.2. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 9th June 2011. P.C. : Rule, returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of parties. 2. By the present petition, the petitioners are praying for quashing and setting aside Criminal Case No.2142/PW.2009 arising out of F.I.R. No. 163/2009 for the offence punishable under section 498A, 406 read with section 34 of I.P.C. 3. The F.I.R. is lodged by the respondent No.2 who is wife of petitioner No.1. Petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are father and mother of petitioner No.1. 2 572.11-wp 4. During the pendency of the criminal proceeding, the matter has been settled between the parties. Consent terms have been filed in M.J.Petition No.A-514/2010. A decree of divorce has been passed vide order dated 4th February 2011. As per the consent terms, the respondent No.2 has agreed to withdraw all the criminal proceedings filed by her against the petitioners. Respondent No.2 has also filed affidavit reiterating the same. The same is taken on record. The petitioners as well as respondent No.2 are personally present in the Court and they reiterate that the above matter is settled by them. 5. It is, thus, clear that the criminal proceeding arises out of the matrimonial dispute between the parties. The Apex court in the case of B.S.Joshi v. State of Hariyana, (2003) 4 SCC 675, has held that this Court should exercise inherent powers under section 482 for giving end to the criminal proceedings and encourage settlement of matrimonial disputes. In that view of the matter, petition deserves to be allowed. Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (B.R.GAVAI, J.)