IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT JABALPUR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANDEEP N. BHATT

th

ON THE 7 OF JANUARY, 2026

MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 55239 of 2025

MUKESH KUMAR HALDKAR

Versus

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

Appearance:

Shri Siddharth Kumar Sharma, counsel for the applicant.

Shri Kamal Singh Baghel, G.A for respondent/State

ORDER submitted that facts of the present case are almost identical. There is no need of custodial interrogation of present applicant. The conclusion of trial will take considerable time. In these circumstances, applicant may be granted anticipatory bail.

This is the first application filed on behalf of the applicant under Section 482

of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in relation to Crime No.74/2025 registered at Police Station - Kundam, District Jabalpur (M.P.) for the offence punishable under Sections 318(2), 316(5), 61(2),336(3),337,338,340(2), 344 of BNS, 2023,

Sections 3, 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and section 65 of I.T. Act.

2. As per the prosecution story, the allegation against the present applicant, who is Samiti Prabandhak (Society Manager), in collusion with the Society