IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MILIND RAMESH PHADKE

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ON THE 11 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 35646 of 2024 ANOOP KUMAR JATAV Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

None for the petitioner.

Ms. Kalpana Parmar - Public Prosecutor for the State.

ORDER By invoking inherent powers of this Court, the present petition has been preferred by petitioners under Section 528 of BNSS (482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) seeking quashment of FIR bearing Crime No.97/2023 registered at Police Station Kotwali, Lashkar, District Gwalior for offences punishable under Sections 376 and 376(2)(n) of the IPC and all consequential proceedings arising therefrom including Sessions Case No.458 of 2023, on the basis of compromise.

As per prosecution story, the respondent No.2/prosecutrix appeared at the police station along with her cousin and her brother-in-law and submitted a typed written complaint alleging that the accused, Anoop Jatav, had committed rape upon her on several occasions on the false pretext of marriage. On the basis of the such allegations, the present FIR under Sections 376 and 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code has b