2025:HHC:29895 _____________________________ 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 416 of 2025 Reserved on: 22.08.2025 Date of Decision:03.09.2025 Sanjeev Kapoor ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & another ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No For the petitioner : Mr. Arsh Chauhan, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Tarun Pathak, Deputy Advocate General, for respondent No.1. Mr. Somesh Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 85 of 2017, dated 15.05.2017, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 & 338 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 187 of Motor Vehicles (MV) Act, 1988 at Police Station Dharamshala, H.P. and consequential proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R. 2. It has been asserted that the petitioner and the informant have resolved the matter with the intervention of the respectable 2 2025:HHC:29895 persons of the society. The informant does not want to proceed further with the matter based on compromise. Hence, the present petition 3. Statement of informant/injured was recorded on 18.07.2025, in which she stated that she had compromised the matter voluntarily without any influence from any person and he has no objection in case F.I.R as well as proceedings arising out of the same are ordered to be quashed. 4. The police has filed a status report reproducing the contents of the F.I.R. and the steps taken during course of the investigation. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 6. This Court had already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 & 338 of IPC and Section 187 of M.V. Act in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HHC 531, Vikas Huda vs State of H.P. 2023 STPL 3009, Kulwidner Singh vs Ankush Kumar 2023 HLR384 and Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Law Cases 45 based on compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court. 6. Consequently, the present petition is allowed and the FIR No. 85 of 2017, dated 15.05.2017, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 & 338 of IPC and Section 187 of M.V.Act at Police Station Dharamshala, H.P. as well as consequential proceedings arising out of said F.I.R. are quashed. 3 2025:HHC:29895 7. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending applications, if any. 8. Parties are permitted to produce a copy of this judgment, downloaded from the webpage of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, before the authorities concerned, and the said authorities shall not insist on the production of a certified copy but, if required, may verify passing of the order from Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 03rd September, 2025 (ravinder)