IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT Indore BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJEEV S KALGAONKAR ON THE 2^nd OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 19924 of 2024 SHAHID KHAN Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Shadab Khan- Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Romil Verma – Govt. Advocate for the respondent/State.

ORDER

This petition under section 482 of Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing of FIR pertaining to Crime No. 376/2018 registered by the Police Station, Station Road District – Ratlam for offence punishable under section(s)420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and all other subsequent proceedings arising therefrom.

2. The exposition of facts, giving rise to the present petition, is as under:

(i) Suresh Chandra Vyas, Executive Engineer of Municipal Corporation, Distt. Ratlam submitted a written complaint alongwithinquiry report to the SHO, P.S. Station Road, Distt. Ratlam, inter-alias tating that the District Collector, Distt. Ratlam had approved 320 beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Deepak Kumawat, representative of CEDMAP Company, had manipulated the approved beneficiary list to add 13 names, who were ineligible to receive the