IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VISHAL MISHRA

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ON THE 15 OF OCTOBER, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 37935 of 2025 PURSHOTTAM BADONIA AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Prakash Upadhyay - Senior Advocate with Shri Siddharth Gontia - Advocate for petitioners.

Shri Alok Agnihotri - Government Advocate for respondents/State.

ORDER Seeking quashment of the FIR dated 08.09.2025 (Annexure P/5)

registered against the petitioners at Crime No.461 of 2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 3/4 of the Public Gambling Act, 1867 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 1867'), the present petition has been filed.

2. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner No.1 is a cloth merchant and is running a business in the name Sanskar Collection / Sanskar Saree Center / Sanskar Readymade Cloth Centre at Khargon. He is also a social and legal activist who is constantly pursuing the cause and grievances of the common public against the police, as a result of which, the petitioner was harassed by the Police authorities since the year 2000-2002 by registering false criminal cases against him which compelled him to approa