IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE HIMANSHU JOSHI

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ON THE 14 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 55177 of 2025 KAMAL NATH Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Ajay Bagadia - Senior Advocate (through V.C.) with Shri Saily Purandare & Shri Dhruv Singh - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Achyutendra Singh Bagel - Govt. Advocate for respondent/State.

ORDER The present petition has been filed by the applicant under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court for quashment of FIR No. 244/2020 dated 06.10.2020, registered at Police Station Bhander, District Datia, for alleged offences punishable under Sections 188, 269 and 270 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 51(b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, along with all proceedings consequent thereto.

2. The applicant is a senior political leader aged about 78 years and, as disclosed in the petition itself, has been actively associated with political programmes and public engagements during the relevant period. The period in question coincided with enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct on account of the fort