2026:HHC:6775 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 1325 of 2024 Reserved on: 2.3.2026 Date of Decision: 12.3.2026. Ajay Kumar …. 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 Kirrti Singh Thakur, Advocate. For Respondent No.1-State : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General. For Respondents No.2 to 4 : Mr Nalmeesh, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 33 of 2022, dated 22.4.2022, registered at Police Station Keylong, District Lahaul & Spiti, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Sections 192 and 196 of Motor 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:6775 Vehicles Act (MV Act) and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties. 2. It has been asserted that the parties have settled the matter after the registration of the FIR with the intervention of respectable persons of the society. The informant/victim does not want to proceed further with the matter because of the compromise. Hence, it was prayed that the present petition be allowed and the FIR be quashed. Hence the petition. 3. Statements of the informant Mohinder Kumar and victims Tek Chand and Tilak Raj were recorded on 27.3.2025, in which they stated that they had no objection in case the FIR is ordered to be quashed based on 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 and 337 of the IPC and Sections 192 and 196 of the MV Act. This Court has already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337, and 338 of IPC in Sushant vs 3 2026:HHC:6775 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. This Court has also quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 181, 187, 192 and 196 of the MV Act in Rajender Thakur Vs. State of H.P. and others 2022 STPL 10700 HP and Akshay Kumar and others Vs. State of HP and others 2022 STPL 9456 HP. These judgments are binding on this Court. 6. In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed and the FIR No. 33 of 2022, dated 22.4.2022, registered at Police Station Keylong, District Lahaul & Spiti, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC, Sections 192 and 196 of the MV Act is ordered to be quashed. Consequent upon the quashing of FIR, criminal proceedings pending/initiated against the petitioner-accused in pursuance thereto are also 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 4 2026:HHC:6775 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 12th March, 2026 (Chander)