IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 208 of 2026 Reserved on: 20.03.2026 Date of Decision: 11.05.2026 Sunita Devi and another ....Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & another ...Respondents Coram o Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainth la, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting? Yes For the Petitioner u: M/s Munish Kumar and Yuyutsu Singh Thakur, Advocates.

For the respondent : Mr Jitender K. Sharma, Additional No.1/State Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioners have filed the present petition for quashing of the order dated 06.09.2025, passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bilaspur, H.P. (learned Trial Court) vide which an application filed by learned Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) seeking withdrawal from the prosecution was dismissed. (The parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they are arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience).

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are that the police filed a charge shee.t before the learned trial Court against the accused for the commission of offences punishable under section 323, 353, 342, 504 and 506 read with Section 34 of Indian Penal Code (