IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MMO No. 1180 of 2025 Reserved on: 01.04.2026 Date of Decision: 14.05.2026 Kanta Chauhan ...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. & Anr. t ...Respondent _____________________________________

Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Petitioner : Mr N.K. Tomar, Advocate For the respondents/ : Msr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate State General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 51 of 2025 dated 21.06.2025 registered at Police Station Rajgarh, District Sirmour, H.P., for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 75 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012. (The parties shall hereinafter be referred

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

to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience).

2. Briefly stated, the facts givingH rise to the present petition are that Rakesh Tomar, posted as Trained Graduate Teacher, Non-Medical, used to touch his students inappropriately. The girl stud