2026:HHC:2987 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 1102 of 2025 Reserved on: 1.1.2026 Date of Decision: 9.1.2026.

Ankit Thakur and others f ...Petitioners Versus State of HP and others ...Respondents Coram u Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioners : Ms. Shikha Chauhan, Advocate.

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

For Respondent No.3 : Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioners have filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 112 of 2025, dated 3.11.2025, registered for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2) and 351(2) read with Section 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) at Police Station Kandaghat, District Solan,

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

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

2. The State has filed a status report asserting that offence punishable under Section 117(2) of the BNS was added after the investigation.

3. Heard.

4. Section 359 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) makesu