2026:HHC:14413 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 661 of 2025 Reserved on: 20.3.2026 Date of Decision: 05.5.2026. Happy …. Petitioner Versus State of HP & ors. …. Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 No. For the Petitioner : Mr Mohar Singh, Advocate. For Respondent No.1-State : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General. For Respondent No.2 : Mr Anil Kapoor, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 81 of 2024, dated 18.9.2024, registered at Police Station Bangana, District Una, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 125(a) and 281 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties. 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:14413 2. It has been asserted that the matter has been reconciled between the parties with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. The continuation of the proceedings amounts to abuse of the process of law, and no fruitful purpose would be served by it. Hence the petition. 3. Statement of the informant/victim, Satish, was recorded on 30.7.2025, in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without any influence or coercion from any person, and he 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 offence punishable under Section 281 of BNS corresponds to Section 279, and Section 125(a) of BNS corresponds to Section 337 of IPC. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 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. 3 2026:HHC:14413 State 2022 Suppl. Shim Law Cases 45 based on compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court. 6. In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed, and FIR No. 81 of 2024, dated 18.9.2024, registered at Police Station Bangana, District Una, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 125(a) and 281 of BNS and consequential proceedings arising out of the FIR are ordered to be quashed. 7. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also the 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 5th May, 2026 (Chander)