_____________________________ 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 694 of 2026 Reserved on: 02.09.2026 Date of Decision 10.09.2026 Vishal Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & others ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the petitioner : Mr. Yug Singhal, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General, for respondent No.1. Mr. Raman Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No.2 to 4. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 0123, dated 10.12.2024, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), at Police Station Shahpur, District Kangra, H.P. and consequential proceeding arising out of the said F.I.R. based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2. It has been asserted that the matter has been compromised between the parties with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. The informant and the victim do not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence, the present petition. 3. Statement of informant-Sunny Kumar and injured Kavinder were recorded on 21.07.2026, in which they stated that they had compromised the matter with petitioner/accused voluntarily without any influence from any person and had no objection in case F.I.R as well as proceedings arising out of the same are ordered to be quashed. 4. The police have filed a status report reproducing the contents of the F.I.R. and the steps taken during the investigation. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully. 6. In the present case, the F.I.R. was registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125 of BNS which correspond to Sections 279 and 336 of IPC, respectively. This Court had already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of aforesaid offences in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HHC 531, Vikas Huda vs State of H.P. 2023 STPL 3009, Kulwidner Singh vs Ankush Kumar 2023 HLR384 and Nishant vs. State 2022 Suppl. Law Cases 45, Ashish Kumar vs. State of H.P. & another:2024:HHC16368 based on compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court. 7. Consequently, the present petition is allowed, and F.I.R. No. 0123 of 2024, dated 10.12.2024, registered at Police Station Shahpur, District Kangra, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 281 and 125 BNS and consequential proceedings arising out of F.I.R. are quashed. 8. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending applications, if any. 9. 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 Website of the High Court. (Rakesh Kainthla) Judge 10th September, 2026. (ravinder)