1 2026:HHC:21014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 369 of 2026 Reserved on: 15.5.2026 Date of Decision: 2.6.2026 Dharmender Vaidya ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and anr. ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the Petitioner : Mr G.R. Palsra, Advocate. For Respondents No.1/State : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General. For Respondents No. 2 : Mr Lokesh Thakur, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 40 of 2025, dated 14.2.2025, registered at Police Station Sadar, District Mandi, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281, 125(a), 125(b) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 181 and 196 of Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act) and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on a compromise effected between the parties. 2 2026:HHC:21014 2. It has been asserted that the matter has been compromised between the parties with the intervention of the respectable persons of the area. The informant/victim does not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence the petition. 3. Statement of the informant/victim Jeet Lal was recorded on 30.4.2026, in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without any influence from any person, and he had no objection to quashing the FIR as per the compromise. 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. The offences punishable under Section 125(a) and 125(b) of the BNS are compoundable under Section 359 of the BNS. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 279 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 384 and Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Law Cases 45 3 2026:HHC:21014 based on compromise. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 181, 187 and 196 of the MV Act in Rajender Thakur Vs. State of H.P. and others 2022 STPL 10700 HP and Akshay Kumar and others Vs. State of HP and others 2022 STPL 9456 HP. These judgments are binding on this Court. 6. Therefore, in view of these precedents, the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 40 of 2025, dated 14.2.2025, registered at Police Station Sadar, District Mandi, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281, 125(a), 125(b) of BNS and Sections 181 and 196 of 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, 4 2026:HHC:21014 but if required, may verify passing of the order from the Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 2nd June, 2026 (Chander)