IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MILIND RAMESH PHADKE MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 30507 of 2023 BHANU PRATAP SINGH ALIAS AMIT CHANDEL Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Rajmani Bansal - Advocate for the applicant.

Ms. Kalpana Parmar - Public Prosecutor for the State.

Shri Abhishek Tiwari - Advocate for the respondent No.2.

RESERVED ON :- 19/01/2026 DELIVERD ON :- 27/01/2026 ORDER The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 has been preferred by the petitioner seeking quashment of FIR bearing Crime No. 73 of 2020, registered at Police Station Ingerganj, District Gwalior, for offences allegedly committed under Sections 376(2)(n) and 313 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, as well as for quashment of the consequential charge-sheet filed pursuant thereto As per the prosecution case, the complainant/prosecutrix came into contact with the accused, Bhanupratap Singh Chandel alias Amit, through a social networking site. Initially, their acquaintance was only online. The accused represented himself