IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH

AT GWALIOR

BEFORE

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MILIND RAMESH PHADKE

th

ON THE 13 OF JANUARY, 2026

MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 16321 of 2020

SHIV KUMAR SHARMA

Versus

STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS

Appearance:

Shri Sanjay Kumar Bahirani - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Brijesh Kumar Tyagi - Public Prosecutor for the State.

ORDER Society, he was simultaneously working as a seller at the Government Fair Price Shop, Pratapapura. During the period from August 2019 to March 2020, the accused collected sale proceeds of food grains from the Fair Price Shop but failed to deposit the said amount in the accounts of the Cooperative Society. Further, mandatory entries were not made from time to time in the official records and registers of the Society and its branch. Upon receipt of complaints and after preliminary verification, the allegations against accused Shivkumar Sharma were found to be prima facie correct, and consequently, he was placed under suspension. Despite suspension, the accused did not deposit the Government food grains, POS machine, and other official documents with the Society, and there existed a strong possibility of their misuse. It was further alleged that even af