Abhishek Rana vs State Of HP & Ors

Rakesh Kainthla, J

The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 51 of 2022, dated 20.9.2022, registered at Police Station Khundiyan, District Kangra, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act) and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties.

It has been asserted that the matter has been reconciled between the parties with the intervention of the respectable persons, and the informant and the victim do not want to proceed further with the matter. Hence, the petition.

Separate statements of the informant Vikramjeet and the victim Sahil were recorded on 27.2.2026, in which they stated that they had compromised the matter with the petitioner/accused, and they do not want to proceed further with the matter. They had no objection to the quashing of the FIR and consequential proceedings arising out of it as per the compromise effected between the parties.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the records carefully.

The FIR has been registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC and 185 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 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 had also quashed the F.I.R. registered for the commission of offences punishable under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act in Rajender Thakur versus State of H.P., 2022 STPL 10700 HP, Harish Sharma versus State of H.P., 2022 STPL 10696 HP, Suresh Kumar versus State of H.P., 2019 STPL 1580 HP and Suresh Kumar versus State of H.P, 2019 STPL 4144 HP, based on compromise. These judgments are binding on this Court.

In view of these binding precedents, the present petition is allowed and FIR No. 51 of 2022, dated 20.9.2022, registered at Police Station Khundiyan, District Kangra, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC, Section 185 of the MV Act and the consequential proceedings pending/initiated against the petitioner-accused in pursuance thereof are ordered to be quashed.

Petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending miscellaneous applications, if any.

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.