IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA

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ON THE 3 OF FEBRUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 13664 of 2022 GANESH PRASAD PARDHI AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Utkarsh Agrawal - Advocate for the petitioners.

Shri Jitendra Shrivastava - Panel Lawyer for respondent/State.

Shri Shishir Kumar Soni - Advocate for respondent No.2.

ORDER By way of the present petition filed under Section 482 of CrPC for seeking quashment of FIR dated 01.10.2021 bearing crime No.552/2021 and charge sheet dated 23.12.2021 registered at Police Station - Lalbarra, District - Balaghat (M.P.) for offence punishable under Section 498-A, 323, 313, 506 and 34 of IPC and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. As per the prosecution case, petitioner No.1 and respondent No.2 got married on 28.05.2019 at village Palakamathi, Police Station Lalbarra, District Balaghat. Petitioner No.1 is the real brother of petitioner No.5. Petitioner No.2 and petitioner No.3 are the sister and brother-in-law (husband of petitioner No.2), respectively, of petitioner No.5. Petitioner No.4 is the mother of petitioner No.5. Respondent No.2 made a writte