IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE ANURADHA SHUKLA th ON THE 7 OF JULY, 2025 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 21676 of 2025 SANJAY UPADHAYAY Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Pramod Kumar Thakre - Advocate for the applicant.

Shri Amit Pandey - Panel Lawyer for the respondent No.1/State.

None for the respondent No.2, though served.

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Heard on : 02.07.2025 Passed on: 07.07.2025 ORDER This petition under Section 528 of BNS S, 2023 has been preferred for relief of quashment of FIR registered at Crime No. 20/2025, Police Station Mahila Thana, District Seoni against the applicant regarding commission of offence under Section 85 read with Section 3 (5) of BNS and Section 3 /4 of Dowry Prohibition Act .

2. For deciding this petition the relevant facts are that the complainant/respondent No.2 is the daughter-in-law of applicant, who has got an FIR registered at Crime No. 20/2025 in Police Station Mahila thana, Seoni claiming that the applicant and other family members from her matrimonial side have demanded dowry and harassed her for said demand.

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