1 2025:HHC:26397 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 507 of 2025 Reserved on: 30.7.2025 Date of Decision: 06.08.2025 Sunil Kumar Sharma ...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. Rajat Thakur, Advocate. For respondent No.1/State : Mr. Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General. For respondent No.2 : Mr. Aman Lal, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 18 of 2022, dated 7.2.2022, registered at Police Station Nagrota Bagwan, District Kangra, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 187 of Motor Vehicles (MV) Act and consequential proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R. based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2 2025:HHC:26397 2. It has been asserted that the parties have entered into a compromise with the intervention of the friends, and continuation of the proceedings will not serve any fruitful purpose. Hence the petition. 3. Statement of the informant/victim, Vipin Kumar, was recorded on 26.6.2025, in which he stated he had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without any influence from any person, and he does not want to proceed further with the matter because of the compromise effected between the parties. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 5. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, and 338 of IPC in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HLJ 531, Vikas Huda vs. State of H.P. 2023 STPL 3009, Kulwidner Singh vs Ankush Kumar 2023 HLR 384 and Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Law Cases 45 based on compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court. 6. Therefore, in view of these precedents, the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 18 of 2022, dated 7.2.2022, registered at Police Station Nagrota Bagwan, District Kangra, H.P., 3 2025:HHC:26397 for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC, Section 187 of the MV Act and consequential proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R. are quashed. 7. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending miscellaneous 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 the Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 6th August 2025 (Chander)