1 2025:HHC:29893 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 635 of 2025 Reserved on: 26.8.2025 Date of Decision: 03.09.2025 Rattan Chand ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the petitioner : Mr. Lalit Kumar Sehgal, Advocate. For respondents No.1 and 2/State : Ms. Sunaina Chaudhary, Deputy Advocate General. For respondents No. 3 & 4. : Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 54 of 2025, dated 17.5.2025, registered at Police Station Jwalamukhi, District Kangra, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 187 of Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act) and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2 2025:HHC:29893 2. It has been asserted that the parties have settled the matter with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. The informant does not wish to proceed further with the matter due to the compromise. Hence the petition. 3. Statements of the informant/injured Rohit Kumar and injured Sourabh were recorded on 21.7.2025, in which they stated that they had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without any influence from any person, and they do 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. The offence punishable under Section 281 of BNS corresponds to Section 279 of IPC, and the offence punishable under Section 125(a) of BNS corresponds to Section 337 of IPC. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of IPC in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HLC 531, Vikas Huda vs. State of H.P. 2023 STPL 3009, Kulwidner Singh vs Ankush Kumar 2023 HLR 3 2025:HHC:29893 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. 54 of 2025, dated 17.5.2025, registered at Police Station Jwalamukhi, District Kangra, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Section 187 of Motor Vehicles Act (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 3rd September, 2025 (Chander)