2026:HHC:30608 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 188 of 2026 Reserved on: 20.7.2026 Date of Decision: 24.7.2026. Shiv Kumar ….Petitioner Versus State of HP & ors. ….Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No For the Petitioner : Mr Virender Kumar, Advocate. For Respondents No.1 & 2 : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General. For Respondent No.3 : Mr Het Ram Thakur, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 105 of 2020, dated 10.8.2020, registered at Police Station Jhakri, District Shimla, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on compromise effected between the parties. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:30608 2. It has been asserted that the parties have entered into a compromise without any influence from any person at the intervention of respectable elders and responsible persons of the society. The informant and the victim do not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence the petition. 3. The statements of the informant, Kushak Pal and the victim, Jaram Singh, were recorded on 07.04.2026 and 19.06.2026 respectively, in which they stated that they had entered into a compromise voluntarily without any influence from any person and they had no objection to the quashing of the FIR based on a compromise effected between the parties. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 5. The FIR has been registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, and 338 of the IPC in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HLJ 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 based on compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court. 3 2026:HHC:30608 6. In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed, and the FIR No. 105 of 2020, dated 10.8.2020, registered at Police Station Jhakri, District Shimla, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC and criminal proceedings pending/initiated against the petitioner-accused in pursuance thereto are ordered to be 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 the passing of the order from the Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 24th July, 2026 (Nikita)