S. S. SHINDE, N. R. BORKAR
Omkar Satish Palav – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard with the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties.
2. Mr. Nitin Gangal, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Ms. Prerna Shukla learned counsel appearing for the 2 nd respondent, jointly submits that parties have amicably settled the dispute and to that effect consent terms have been arrived between the parties before the Civil Judge Senior Division, Kalyan in Marriage Petition No. 1532 of 2019. The said Court by order dtd. 8/12/2021 passed the decree and thereby marriage is dissolved.
3. It is jointly submitted that in view of the settlement arrived between the parties, impugned FIR may be quashed.
4. The 2nd respondent is present before the Court. She is identified by her advocate. She stated that it is her voluntary act to enter into such settlement/compromise and give consent for quashing the FIR. She further stated that she has filed the affidavit on her own free will and without any coercion.
5. In view of settlement arrived between the parties, and keeping in view in fact that the parties have filed consent terms before the Civil Judge Senior Division, Kalyan, as also affidavit filed before this
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