_____________________________ 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. 1019 of 2025 Reserved on: 22.06.2026 Date of Decision 03.07.2025 Inderpal Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & others ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the petitioner : Ms. Sunita Sood, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No.1 and 2/State. Ms. Yogita Dutta, Advocate, for respondents No.3 and 4. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No.110 of 2025, dated 19.07.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281, and 125(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Police Station Majra, District Sirmour, H.P. and consequential proceeding arising out of the said F.I.R. based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2 2. It has been asserted that the parties have entered into compromise with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. The petitioner had undertaken to bear the expenses of the treatment of the injured as a gesture of goodwill and the informant and victim have decided not to pursue the matter. Hence, the present petition. 3. The statement of the injured-Payal was recorded on 02.04.2026 and statement of informant/victim-Harsh was recorded on 04.05.2026 in which they stated that they had entered into a compromise with the petitioner voluntarily without any influence from any person and they did not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 5. In the present case, the F.I.R. was registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 125(a) and 281 of BNS which correspond to Sections 337 and 279 of IPC, respectively. This Court had already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of aforesaid offences in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HHC 531, Vikas Huda vs State of H.P. 2023 3 STPL 3009, Kulwidner Singh vs Ankush Kumar 2023 HLR384 and Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Law Cases 45, Ashish Kumar vs. State of H.P. & another: 2024:HHC16368 based on compromise and these judgments are binding on this Court. 7. Consequently, the present petition is allowed, and F.I.R. No. 110 of 2025, dated 19.07.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of BNS at Police Station Majra, District Sirmour Himachal Pradesh and consequential proceedings arising out of F.I.R. are quashed. 8. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending applications, if any. 9. 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 3rd July, 2026 (ravinder)