IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 248 of 2026 Reserved on: 30.03.2026 Date of Decision: 18.05.2026 Yajush Walia & others ...Petitioners Versus State of H.P. & Anr. t ...Respondent _____________________________________

Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioners : Mr Y.P. Sood, Advocate For respondent No.1/ : Mr Jitender Sharma, Additional State Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioners have filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 32 of 2024 dated 04.12.2024 registered in Women Police Station Hamirpur, District Hamirpur, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Section 85, 115(2), 316(2) and 351 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and consequential proceedings arising out of the FIR pending before

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

learned Judicial Magistrate First Class-III, Hamirpur, District Hamirpur, H.P. (learned Trial Court).

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rHise to the present petition are that the informant Ragini Rana made a complaint to the Police that she was married to Yajush Walia on 02.03.2024 as per Hindu