2026:HHC:7137 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 1007 of 2025 Reserved on: 2.3.2026 Date of Decision: 13.3.2026. Vishal 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 Ashwani Kaundal, Advocate. For Respondent No.1-State : Mr Lokender Kutlehria, Additional Advocate General. For Respondents No.2 & 3 : Mr Vinod Kumar Gupta, Advocate. Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 76 of 2024, dated 8.6.2024, registered at Police Station Nadaun, District Hamirpur, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 187 of Motor Vehicles 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes. 2 2026:HHC:7137 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 entered into a compromise after the registration of the FIR with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. The informant and the victim had entered into a compromise, and they have no objection to quashing the FIR. Hence the petition. 3. Separate statements of the informant Vijay and victim Hoshiar Singh were recorded on 17.12.2025, in which they stated that they had entered into a compromise with the accused voluntarily without any influence from any person, and they had no objection in case the present FIR is ordered to be quashed as per the compromise effected between the parties. 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 Section 187 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 State of H.P. 2023 3 2026:HHC:7137 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 already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 181, 187 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. 76 of 2024, dated 8.6.2024, registered at Police Station Nadaun, District Hamirpur, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC and Section 187 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:7137 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 13th March, 2026 (Chander)