IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 975 of 2025 Reserved on: 2.3.2026 Date of Decision: 12.3.2026.

Kundan Lal & ors. …. Petitioners Versus State of HP & ors. …. Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioners : Mr Ashok Kumar Tyagi, Advocate.

For Respondents No.1 to 3-State: Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

gFor Respondent No.4 : Mr Praveen Chauhan, Advocate.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioners have filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 55 of 2024, dated 6.5.2024, registered at Police Station Janjehali, District Mandi, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Sections 6, 17 and 21 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), and Sections 9 and 10 of the

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

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and consequential proceedings arising out of the said FIR based on the compromise effected between the parties.

2. It has been asserted that petitioner No.1 is the husband of the victim, respondent No.4/victim; petitioners No.2 and 3 are the