IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 482 of 2026 Reserved on: 03.09.2026 Decided on: 11.09.2026 Shubham Verma …. Petitioner Versus State of HP & Ors. …. Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioner : Mr Suneet Verma, Advocate vice Mr Raj Kumar, Advocate. For Respondent No.1/State : Mr Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General. For Respondents No.2 & 3 : Ms Isha Thakur, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 181 of 2024 dated 11.10.2024 registered at Police Station Dhalli, District Shimla for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) based on a compromise between the parties. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:38642 2. It has been asserted that the parties are residents of District Shimla. They want to maintain good relations with each other. They compromised the matter with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. Hence, it was prayed that the present petition be allowed and the FIR and consequential proceedings arising out of it be quashed. 3. The statements of the informant, Yuvraj and the victim, Sunder Singh, were recorded on 06.07.2026, in which they stated that they had entered into a compromise with the petitioner voluntarily and they did not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 5. The offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125 (a) of the BNS correspond to Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC. This Court has quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences 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 3 2026:HHC:38642 Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Shim Law Cases 45, based on compromise. These judgments are binding upon this Court. 6. In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed, and the FIR No. 181 of 2024 dated 11.10.2024 registered at Police Station Dhalli, District Shimla for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125(a) of BNS 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. 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 11th September, 2026 (Nikita)