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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA

Cr.MMO No. : 1244 of 2025

Decided on : 30.12.2025

Amardeep …HPetitioner

Versus

State of Himachal Pradesh & Others …Respondents

Coram

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1

For the petitioner : Petitrioner in person with Mr.

Vijender Katoch, Advocate.

For the respondents : Ms. Avni Kochhar Mehta, Deputy

Advocate General for respondent

No.1.

Respondents No.2 and 3, in person

with Mr. Kapil Sharma, Mr,

h Shivanshu and Mr. Khem Raj,

Advocates.

Virender Singh, Judge (oral)

H Petitioner-Amardeep has filed the present

petition, under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik

Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’), for

quashing of FIR No.97 of 2024, dated 06.05.2024

(hereinafter referred to as the FIR, in question), registered

with Police Station, Sadar Mandi, District Mandi, H.P.,

under Sections 354, 509, 506, 323 and 427 of the Indian

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

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Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’), as well as,

the proceedings resultant thereto, which are stated to be

pending before the Court of learned Sessions Judge,

Mandi, District Mandi, H.P. (hereinafter referred to as the

‘trial Court’). f

2. The relief of quashing has been sought, on the

basis of the compromise, whtich has taken place between

the petitioner and respondents No.2 and 3.

3. According to the petitioner, on the statement of

respondent No.2, the FIR, in question, has been registered

against him.

4. h After registration of the FIR, the police has

cgonducted the investigation and submitted the final report

iin the learned trial Court, under Sections 307, 354, 509,

506, 323 and 427 of the IPC. When the matter was

pending before the learned trial Court, the petitioner has

filed the present petition for quashing of the FIR, in

question.

5. According to the petitioner, during the

pendency of the proceedings before the Court of learned

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Sessions Judge, Mandi, the matter has been compromised

with respondents No.2 and 3.

6. The terms and conditions of the compromise

have been reduced into writing, vide compromise deed

Annexure P-3. f

7. On the basis of the above facts, a prayer has

been made that the FIR,t in question, as well as,

proceedings resultant thereto, pending before the learned

trial Court, may kindly be quashed and set aside, by

allowing the petition.

8. When put to notice, respondent No.1-State has

filed hthe status report, mentioning therein, that on

0g5.05.2024, at about 7.25 p.m., at place Uggi (Simbal),

irespondent NO.2-complainant has made a statement

under Section 154 Cr.PC, that she, along with her mother

(respondent No.3), was standing on the road with her

scooty, bearing registration No.HP33D-6005, after fetching

water from natural source. Meanwhile, petitioner came

there on his four wheeler Goods Carrier, bearing

registration No.HP65 3412 and struck against her Scooty,

due to which, she and her mother had sustained injuries.

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Petitioner was under intoxication. Thereafter, the

petitioner was asked about the incident, who, in turn, has

threatened them, abused and insulted. Thereafter, the

petitioner attacked upon the complainant and tried to

outrage her modesty. As such, she hadf lodged the FIR, in

question.

9. Respondent No.2, wtho, at one point of time, had

put the criminal machinery into motion, appeared before

this Court and has deposed that she had lodged the FIR, in

question, against the petitioner and now, she has

compromised the matter with the petitioner, out of her free

will, hconsent and without any pressure. She has also

agdmitted her signature on Annexure P-3. She, in

iunequivocal terms, has deposed that she has no objection,

in case, the petition is allowed, as prayed for.

10. Similar type of statement has also been made

by the petiti