2026:HHC:20088 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 143 of 2026 Reserved on: 15.5.2026 Date of Decision: 27.5.2026. Anuj Sharma & anr. ….Petitioners Versus State of HP & anr. ….Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioners : In person. For Respondent No.1-State : Mr Tarun Pathak, Deputy Advocate General. For Respondent No.2 : Mr Arun Kumar, Advocate, vice Mr Sanjeev K. Suri, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioners have filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 1 of 2023, dated 15.1.2023, registered at Women Police Station, Una, District Una, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A, 506, and 406 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and consequential 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:20088 proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2. It has been asserted that the matter has been compromised between the parties with the intervention of the Mediation Centre of Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh. Both parties have agreed to withdraw the petitions filed against each other. This compromise was effected voluntarily without any influence from any person. Hence the petition. 3. Statement of the informant/victim, Dr Spriha Sharma, was recorded on 30.3.2026, in which she stated that she had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without any influence from any person and had no objection in case the FIR and consequential proceedings arising out of the FIR are ordered to be quashed based on a compromise. 4. The offences punishable under Sections 406 and 506 of the IPC are compoundable under Section 320 of Cr. P.C. An FIR registered for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 498A of the IPC can be quashed based on the compromise as per the judgments in Gian Singh versus State, 2012 (10) SCC 303, Narender versus State of Punjab, 2014 (16) SCC 466, 3 2026:HHC:20088 Vikas Singh vs. State of H.P. (2023)I DMC 335 (HP) and Sanjay Kumar vs. State of H.P2023 (1) Him L.R. 602, which are binding upon this Court. 5. Consequently, the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 1 of 2023, dated 15.1.2023, registered at Women Police Station, Una, District Una, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A, 506, 406 of the IPC and consequential proceedings pending/initiated against the petitioners-accused in pursuance thereto are quashed. 6. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending miscellaneous 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 27th May, 2026 (Chander)