IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SUBODH ABHYANKAR

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ON THE 7 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 58742 of 2025 BHAGWAN Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Sunil Gupta -Senior Advocate with Shri Shreyash Atlasia-

Advocate for the applicant.

Shri Hemant Sharma -Govt. Adv. appearing on behalf of Advocate General.

ORDER

1] This is the first bail application filed by the applicant under Section

483 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as he / she is implicated in connection with Crime No.493/2025, registered at Police Station- Anjad, District-Barwani (MP) for offence punishable under Sections 64(1), 64(2) (M), 69, 126(2), 351(3), 61(2), 318(4), 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. The applicant is in custody since 13.03.2025.

3] Allegation against the applicant is of his involvement in the aforesaid case of gang rape wherein, the allegations of rape has been made against as many as 6-7 persons.

4] Counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the case as it is a case of honey trap only, which is also apparent from the story of the prosecution, as has been stated in the FIR, which has bee