2026:HHC:36065 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 678 of 2026 Reserved on: 20.8.2026 Date of Decision: 25.8.2026. Lalit Bhatti ….Petitioner Versus State of HP & ors. …. Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the Petitioner : Mr Vikas Rajput, Advocate. For Respondent No.1-State : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General. For Respondent No.2 : Ms Shrutika Chauhan, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has +led the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 190 of 2025, dated 04.12.2025, registered at Police Station, Haroli, District Una, H.P., for the commission of o6ences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, (BNS) 2023, and Section 2 2026:HHC:36065 187 of Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act), based on a compromise between the parties. 2. It has been asserted that the petitioner and the respondents compromised the matter with the intervention of common friends. The informant and victim do not want to proceed further with the matter to maintain a cordial relationship between them. Hence, the petition. 3. The statement of the informant Sahil Sharma was recorded on 08.07.2026, and the statement of the pillion rider Saksham was recorded on 16.07.2026, in which they stated that they had entered into a compromise with the petitioner/accused voluntarily, without any inAuence from any person, and they had no objection to quashing the FIR based on a compromise between the parties. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 5. The o6ence punishable under Section 281 corresponds to Section 279 and the o6ence punishable under Section 125(a) corresponds to Section 337 of the IPC. This Court has quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of 3 2026:HHC:36065 o6ences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HLJ 531, Vikas Huda vs. State of H.P. 2023 STPL 3009, Kulvinder Singh vs Ankush Kumar 2023 HLR 384 and Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Shim Law Cases 45, based on compromise. This Court has also quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of an o6ence punishable under Section 187 of the MV Act, inter alia, 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. In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed, and the FIR No. 190 of 2025, dated 04.12.2025, registered at Police Station, Haroli, District Una, H.P., for the commission of o6ences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of BNS, and Section 187 of MV Act and the consequential proceedings pending/initiated against the petitioner-accused in pursuance thereof are ordered to be quashed. 7. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending miscellaneous applications, if any. 4 2026:HHC:36065 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 certi+ed copy, but if required, may verify passing of the order from the Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 25th August, 2026 (Chander)