IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRAMOD KUMAR AGRAWAL

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ON THE 13 OF NOVEMBER, 2025 CRIMINAL REVISION No. 1435 of 2025 THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Versus RITUL KUMAR PANDEY Appearance:

Shri C.M. Tiwari - Government Advocate for the State.

Shri Amit Verma - Advocate for the respondent/accused appeared through video-conferencing.

WITH MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 9642 of 2025 IN REFERENCE Versus RITUL KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Amit Verma - Advocate for the respondent/accused appeared through video-conferencing.

ORDER Heard.

The brief facts of the case are that deceased was a sex worker and she was called to a hotel K-Square at Bhopal to entertain the present applicant and she went to hotel room which was hired by the present applicant who is also a resident of Bhopal. The deceased was found to be murdered at around 11:30 PM on 13.04.2024 and she had entered the said hotel room of the applicant at around 7:30 PM in same evening. Her dead body was found naked on the bed. There was profuse blooding from anus and vagina of the deceased and her body as well as bed-sheet, quilt, pillows, etc., were smeared with blood at many places. There were