IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE G. S. AHLUWALIA

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ON THE 11 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 5395 of 2026 PAWAN SHAKYA Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Surdeep Khampariya - Advocate for the applicant. Shri Amit Bhurrak - Advocate for the respondent/State.

Shri Pushpesh Pandey - Counsel for the objector.

ORDER Case diary is available.

2. This first application under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023/ under Section 438 of Cr.P.C. has been filed by applicant seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No.0019/2026, registered at Police Station Berasia, District Bhopal for offences punishable under Section

69 of BNS.

3. It is submitted by counsel for applicant that undisputedly the prosecutrix is minor. In her FIR she has specifically stated that with passage of time she also developed liking for the applicant. The prosecutrix herself went alongwith the applicant to Bhopal where it is alleged that applicant had physical relationship with her. Even after the first incident of physical relationship, again the prosecutrix went to the room of the applicant at Bhopal and it is alleged that for 4 to 5 times he had