2025:HHC:31747 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 639 of 2025 Reserved on: 9.9.2025 Date of Decision: 16.9.2025. Bhuteshwar Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and others ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioner : Mr. L.S. Mehta, Advocate. For Respondents No.1 to 3 : Mr. Tarun Pathak, Deputy Advocate General. For Respondent No.4 : Mr. Ranbir Singh, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 151 of 2019, dated 22.9.2019, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 353 and 332 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), at Police Station, Karsog, District Mandi, H.P. and consequent proceedings pending before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Karsog, District Mandi, H.P. based on the compromise (Annexure P-2). It 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 has been asserted that the parties have compromised the matter with the intervention of their friends and relatives to maintain a cordial relationship with each other. The informant does not want to proceed with the matter after the compromise. Hence the petition. 2. The statement of the informant Deep Ram was recorded on 5.8.2025, in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused and has no objection in case the FIR is ordered to be quashed as per the compromise. 3. Heard. 4. The offence punishable under Section 323 of the IPC is compoundable under Section 320 of the Cr.PC. This Court has already quashed the proceedings under Sections 353, 332 and 333 of the IPC in Sumit Kumar Vs. State of H.P. (2020) SCC Online HP 436, Sections 323, 353 and 506 of IPC in Murari Lal Vs. State of H.P. (2023) HHC 628, and Sections 341 and 353 of IPC in Rakesh Kumar and another Vs. State of H.P., Cr.MMO No. 700 of 2019, decided on 1.1.2020. These judgments are binding upon this Court. 3 5. Therefore, in view of these precedents, the present petition is allowed and the FIR No. 151 of 2019, dated 22.9.2019, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 353 and 332 of IPC, at Police Station, Karsog, District Mandi, H.P. and consequent proceedings pending before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Karsog, District Mandi, H.P. are quashed. 6. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending applications, if any. 7. 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 16th September, 2025 (Chander)