JUDGMENT :

Virender Singh, J.

Petitioners have filed the present petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’), for quashing of FIRNo.16/2015, dated 05.05.2015 (hereinafter referred to as the FIR, in question), registered with Police Station Kotkhai, District Shimla, H.P., under Section 67A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IT Act’), as well as, the proceedings resultant thereto, which are stated to be pending before the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Theog, District Shimla, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as the ‘trial Court’).

2. The relief of quashing has been sought on the basis of the compromise, effected between the petitioners and respondent No.2, who is complainant, in the present case.

3. As per the case, set up by the petitioner, respondent No.2 had lodged the FIR in question alleging therein that she was studying in GSSS, Gumma and the petitioner was doing ITI from ABVGIT.

3.1. According to the complaint, made by respondent No.2, she and petitioner No.1 introduced with each other and had started talking on phone. In the month of December, 2014, pe