IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK RUSIA &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL

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ON THE 4 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 WRIT APPEAL No. 1297 of 2024 PAWAN SOOD Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Dr. Anuvad Shrivastava - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Ritwik Parashar - Government Advocate for the respondent No.1/State.

ORDER Per: Justice Vivek Rusia The present writ appeal is filed against the order dated 15.02.2024, passed in M.Cr.C. No.35565/2021 (Smt. Renu Gond and Ors. Vs. The State of M.P. and Ors.) by the Single Bench of this Court.

2. The office has objected to the maintainability of this writ appeal filed under Section 2(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Nyayalaya (Khand Nyaypeeth Ko Appeal) Adhiniyam, 2005.

3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the learned Single Bench of this Court has a concurrent jurisdiction under Section 482 of Cr.P.C as well as Article 226 of the Constitution of India in respect of quashment of FIR as well as criminal proceedings. Therefore, the writ appeal should be entertained, even if the petition was filed under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023.

4. In support of his contention, learned co