SM 1 903.wp.2059.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2059 OF 2011 Mrs. Revathi N. Karmaran and another ....Petitioners Versus Jyoti Manoj Karmaran and another ....Respondents ____________ Prachi Khandke i/b M/s. M. P. Vashi & Associates for the Petitioners. Mrs. Anjali P. Purav for the Respondent No. 1 Ms. A. T. Jhaveri, APP for the Respondent Nos. 2-State. CORAM: B. R. GAVAI, J. DATED : 19 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 the F.I.R. No. 143 of 2004 and pending Case No. 68/PW/05 before the Metropolitan Magistrate, 34 th Court at Vikhroli. 3. The Petitioner No. 2 and the Respondent No. 1 were married with each other on 30 th May, 2001. After the marriage, both of them had stayed in USA. Since there was some dispute between them, the Respondent No. 1 returned to India. On return, she filed proceedings for divorce before the Family Court. 4. It appears that the aforesaid F.I.R. came to be registered at the instance of Respondent No. 1 on account of matrimonial dispute SM 2 903.wp.2059.11 between the parties. 5. The matter has been now settled between parties. Decree of divorce has been passed in the year 2007. The parties have placed the ‘Consent Terms’ on record. 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). 8. If any warrants are pending against the Petitioners, the same shall stand discharged. (B. R. GAVAI, J.)