2026:HHC:2985 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 1101 of 2025 Reserved on: 1.1.2026 Date of Decision: 9.1.2026.

Jitender Chaudhary f ...Petitioner Versus State of HP and others ...Respondents Coram u Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate.

For Respondents No.1&2/State : Mr. Tarun Pathak, Deputy Advocate General.

For Respondents No.3 to 5 : Ms. Shikha Chauhan, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 113 of 2025, dated 3.11.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 126(2) and 115(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) at Police Station Kandaghat, District Solan, H.P. and consequent

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

proceedings arising out of the FIR based on compromise effected between the parties.

2. The State has filed a status report asserting that Section 351(2) of BNS was added after the investigation.

3. Heard.

4. Section 359 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) makes the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2) and 3u51