1 2026:HHC:2971 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 429 of 2025 Reserved on: 1.1.2026 Date of Decision: 9.1.2026 Akash Mani ...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. Arun Sehgal, Advocate. For respondents No.1 and 2/State. : M. Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General. For respondents No.3 : Mr. Rohit Chauhan, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 58 of 2024, dated 16.6.2024, registered at Police Station Fatehpur, District Kangra, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and consequential proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R. based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2 2026:HHC:2971 2. It has been asserted that the FIR was lodged due to some misunderstanding and now the parties have entered into a compromise voluntarily without any influence from any person. The informant and the injured do not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence, the petition. 3. Statement of the informant Pradeep Singh was recorded on 23.6.2025 in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without an influence from any person and he had no objection in case the FIR is ordered to be quashed based on the compromise between the parties. The statement of victim Aman Chaudhary was recorded on 2.6.2025, in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without an influence from any person and he does 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 FIR has been registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, and 3 2026:HHC:2971 338 of 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. 6. Therefore, in view of these precedents, the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 58 of 2024, dated 16.6.2024, registered at Police Station Fatehpur, District Kangra, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of IPC and consequential proceedings arising out of the said F.I.R. are 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 9th January, 2026 (Chander)