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

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ON THE 15 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 31911 of 2024 SANJAY SAHU AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Shivendra Pandey - Advocate for the petitioners through video conferencing.

Shri Vijay Shukla - Panel Lawyer for the respondent No.1/State.

None for the respondent No.2.

ORDER This petition under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding to Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), has been preferred by the petitioners seeking quashing of FIR bearing Crime No.433/2022 dated 18.09.2022, registered at Police Station Chhola Mandir, District Bhopal (M.P.), for offences punishable under Sections 498- A, 304-B and 34 of Indian Penal Code, as well as Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, as well as quashing of all other consequential proceedings arising therefrom, including Criminal Case bearing ST No.173/2023 (arising out of FIR bearing Crime No.433/2022), which is pending for adjudication before the learned Trial Court at Bhopal (MP).

2. The brief facts giving rise to present petition are that marriage