Shimla, Feb. 25 -- The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings against former Shimla Municipal Corporation councillor Diwakar Dev Sharma in a case related to the alleged endangerment of railway safety during the laying of a sewerage pipeline.

In an order passed on February 23, 2026, Justice Sandeep Sharma allowed a petition filed under Section 482 of the CrPC seeking quashing of FIR No. 53 of 2020 registered under Section 153 of the Railways Act.

The case had been lodged by railway authorities alleging that unauthorised construction and erection of an electric pole alongside the railway line posed a safety risk to passengers.

The court noted that Sharma, who was the elected councillor of Ward No. 7 at...