IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 842 of 2025.

Reserved on: 12.11.2025.

Date of Decision: 22.11.2025.

Irshad Ali ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and another ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Ms Meghna Singh, Advocate.

For Respondents No.1 : Mr Tarun Pathak, Deputy and 2/StatCe Advocate General.

For Respondent No.3 : Mr Sanam, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 17/2025, dated 18.7.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 78, 351(2) and 356(1) (sic) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) at Women Police Station, Nahan, District Sirmour, H.P. and the consequent proceedings arising out of the FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties.

2. It has been asserted that the parties have entered into a compromise amicably on the advice of elders and respectable

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

persons of the society. The informant does not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence the petition. 3. The statemen