IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SUBODH ABHYANKAR ON THE 19^th OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 27842 of 2025 RANJAN Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Prafull Sharma - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Hemant Sharma-Govt. Adv. appearing on behalf of Advocate General.

ORDER

1] This petition has been filed by the petitioner under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing of FIR bearing Crime No.561/2023 and the charge sheet, for the offence punishable under Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1959”), registered at Police Station Aerodrome, Indore, District Indore (M.P.), and other consequential proceedings arising out of the said crime number.

2] In brief, the facts of the case are that the petitioner was flying from Indore to Mumbai on 23.07.2017, and at around 05.45 hours during the security screening of passengers at Indore Airport for IndiGo flight no.6E- 853, one live cartridge marked 7.65 mm was allegedly recovered from the baggage of the petitioner, and upon enquiry, he was not able to account for the same nor any licence for the same could be produced b