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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
RAKESH KAINTHLA
Krishan Dutt – Appellant
Versus
State of H.P. – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. voluntary compromise by injured parties. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. petitioner's plea to quash fir on compromise. (Para 3 , 4 , 6) |
| 3. state opposes quashing regulatory driving offences. (Para 5) |
| 4. fir quashed based on compromise and precedents. (Para 7 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. precedents quashed mv act offences on compromise. (Para 8) |
| 6. stare decisis ensures legal certainty and stability. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 7. follow precedents; decline larger bench reference. (Para 13 , 14) |
Judgment :
Rakesh Kainthla, J.
The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 110 of 2024, dated 23.6.2024. registered at Police Station Nahan, District Sirmour, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on the compromise between the parties. It has been asserted that the parties have settled the matter on 1.10.2024 with the intervention of the respectable persons of the society. The informant/injured does not want to proceed further with the matter after the compromise. Hence the petition.
2. The statements of the informant Ashok Kumar and injured Jagdish Kumar were recorded on 20.6.2025, in which they stated that t
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