2026:HHC:37617 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 552 of 2026 Reserved on: 31.8.2026 Date of Decision: 07.9.2026. Pankaj Thakur …. Petitioner Versus State of HP and ors. …. Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioner : Mr Rakesh Chauhan, Advocate. For Respondents No.1 & 2-State: Mr Tarun Pathak, Deputy Advocate General. For Respondent No.3 : Mr Piyush Rathore, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 29 of 2024, dated 23.5.2024, registered at Police Station Ramshehar, District Solan, HP, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and consequential proceedings arising out of it, as per the compromise effected between the parties. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:37617 2. It has been asserted that the matter has been sorted out amicably between the parties with the intervention of respectable persons of the society. The informant does not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence, the petition. 3. The statement of the informant, Krishan Gopal, was recorded on 2.7.2026, in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily, without any influence from any person, and had no objection to quashing the FIR based on the compromise between the parties. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 5. This Court has quashed the FIR for the commission of offences punishable under Section 380 of the IPC in Musharaf versus State of H.P. 2022 (1) Shim. LC 319, Harsh Anand versus State of H.P. 2020 STPL 5681 and for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 452 of IPC, which is similar to offence punishable under Section 457 of IPC, in Chaman Lal versus State of H.P. Latest HLJ 2023 (HP) (1) 213, Avinash Singh Rana versus State of H.P. 2023 STPL 3181, 3 2026:HHC:37617 Ameen versus State of H.P and others 2023 (1) Him. L.R. 375, Prashant Dharmani and others versus State of H.P. and others 2023 (1) Him. L.R. 241. These judgments are binding upon this Court. 6. In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed, and FIR No. 29 of 2024, dated 23.5.2024, registered at Police Station Ramshehar, District Solan, HP for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 457 and 380 of the IPC and the consequential proceedings arising out of the FIR 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 passing of the order from the Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 7th September, 2026 (Chander)