Himachal Pradesh High Court
CRMMO/769/2026 of PAWAN KUMAR Vs STATE OF HP AND ANOTHER on 30 September 2026
COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 769 of 2026 Reserved on: 21.09.2026 Date of Decision: 30.09.2026 Pawan Kumar .... Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & another .... Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No. For the
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Cr. MMO No. 769 of 2026
Reserved on: 21.09.2026
Date of Decision: 30.09.2026
Pawan Kumar
.... Petitioner
Versus
State of H.P. & another
.... Respondents
Coram
Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? No.
For the petitioner : Mr Virbahadur Verma, Advocate. For respondents
:
Mr Jitender Sharma, Additional General, for respondents No.1 /State. Mr Ajay Thakur, Advocate, for respondent No.2.
Rakesh Kainthla, Judge
The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 208 of 2022, dated 02.12.2022, registered at Police Station Jogindernagar, District Mandi, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the consequential proceedings arising out of it, based on a compromise between the parties.
2. It has been asserted that the matter has been amicably resolved between the parties after the registration of the FIR with the intervention of respectable persons and well-wishers. The informant/victim does not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence, it was prayed that the present petition be allowed and the FIR and consequential proceedings arising out of it be quashed.
3. The statement of the informant/victim Jaspal Singh was recorded on 05.08.2026, in which he stated that he had entered into a compromise with the accused/petitioner voluntarily without any influence 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 337 of the IPC is compoundable under Section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.).
6. This Court had already quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of the IPC and the M.V. Act in Sushant vs State of H.P. 2023 HLC 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 and others, based on the compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court.
7. In view of the judgments passed by this Court, the present petition is allowed and F.I.R. No. 208 of 2022, dated 02.12.2022, registered at Police Station Joginder Nagar, District Mandi, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279 and 337 of IPC as well as 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 the website of the High Court.
(Rakesh Kainthla)
Judge
30th September, 2026
(Ravinder)