IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT GWALIOR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MILIND RAMESH PHADKE

th

ON THE 5 OF JANUARY, 2026

MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 46850 of 2025

ANURAG BANSAL

Versus

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS

Appearance:

Shri Anupam Verma - Advocate for petitioner.

Ms Kalpana Parmar - Public Prosecutor for respondent/State.

Shri Mahendra Kumar Sharma - Advocate for respondent [COMP].

ORDER complaint/FIR in the respective Courts, as per the guidelines set out by the Hon'ble Apex court;

This petition under Section 528 of BNSS has been filed by the petitioner

seeking following reliefs:-

(i) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction that all the FIRS registered in any police station in Madhya Pradesh, relating to non- payment of maturity of depositors, be clubbed and proceeded with before the jurisdictional Special Court which is competent to try the FIR No. 273 dated 31.07.2025 registered at Police Station Palera, District-Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, by treating this FIR as Principal

FIR, as per the procedure laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court;

or

issue an appropriate writ, order or direction that all the FIRs registered in the police station of District Ashok Nagar & Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, relating to non-payment of maturity of depositors, be clubbed and proceeded with before the jurisdictional Special Court which is competent to try the FIR No. 273 dated 31.07.2025 registered at Police Station Palera, District-Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh, by treating this FIR as Principal FIR, as per the procedure laid down by Hon'ble Apex

Court;

of (ii) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction that no further FIR containing similar allegations be registered in the State Madhya Pradesh and all subsequent information/complaints containing similar allegations and or arising from common cause of action, relating to non-payment of maturity proceeds be treated as statements under Section 161/162 CrPC and accordingly be proceeded with, as one set of

(iii) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to the effect that in the cases wherein investigating officer had already filed police report/Challan under Section 173 CrPC before the concerned Court and the concerned Court has taken cognizance thereof, the said FIRs and criminal cases would also stand transferred and merged/clubbed along with the Principal FIR referred above and be tried by the Court having jurisdiction to try the case concerning the Principal FIR, as per the procedure established and elaborated by the Hon'ble Apex Court; and (iv) issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to the effect that if applicant accused has been granted bail in connection with the principal FIR or in any other FIR which will stand clubbed/merged, the bail so granted in favour of any accused, must ensure be applicable in all cases, which have been clubbed, in favour of such accused until the court of competent jurisdiction cancels the same for any reason including breach of any bail condition.

(v) Pass such other/further order as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the given facts and circumstances.

According to the case of the prosecution, the complainants themselves were agents of Lustiness Janhit Credit Cooperative Society Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “LJCC”) and were instrumental in mobilising and investing funds in the said society. The complainants lodged FIRs bearing Crime No. 570/2024 at Police Station Chanderi and Crime No. 67/2025 at Police Station Kotwali Ashok Nagar, District Ashok Nagar, against the applicant/petitioner for offences punishable under Sections 111, 318(4), and 316(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with Section 6(1) of the Nikshepakon Ke Hiton Ka Sanrakshan Adhiniyam, 2000. An additional FIR has also been registered at Police Station Kotwali for offences under Sections 316(5) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is merely an employee of LJCC, which is a Multi-State Cooperative Society duly registe