IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE B. P. SHARMA st ON THE 1 OF APRIL, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 4643 of 2015 SUNIL KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Ajay Shankar Raizada - Advocate for petitioner.

Shri Yaduvendra Dwivedi - PL for respondent/State.

WITH WRIT PETITION No. 4639 of 2015 HEMANT RAKESH Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Ajay Shankar Raizada - Advocate for petitioner.

Shri Yaduvendra Dwivedi- PL for respondent/State.

WRIT PETITION No. 4640 of 2015 NEERAJ KUKREJA Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Ajay Shankar Raizada - Advocate for petitioner. Shri Yaduvendra Dwivedi - PL for respondent/State.

ORDER As the issue involved in these petitions is common and identical, they are heard and decided together.

2. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner calling in question the legality and propriety of the communication dated 23.03.2015 issued by the Government Railway Police, Katni whereby the petitioners were directed to appear before the said police station in connection with Crime No. 44/2012 registered for offences under Sections 294, 323, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code along with the relevant provisions of the Railways Act, and further seeking quashment of the proceedings arising therefrom.

3. As per the averments of the petitions, the petitioners are the Chief Vigilance Inspector, Vigilance Inspectors, and Assistant Vigilance Officer of the Vigilance Branch of the West Central Railway, Jabalpur. While conducting an inspection, they also inspected respondent No. 8/Mr. Pyar Singh Meena. As he belongs to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe category, he allegedly took shelter under the said status and filed a complaint dated 29.12.2011 against the petitioners alleging that on 29.12.2011, while he was on duty in Coach Nos. C-1 and D-1 of Train No. 11452 Rewa– Jabalpur Intercity at Katni Railway Station, a passenger who introduced himself as Shukla requested a seat. When he refused a seat due to non- availability, the said person allegedly started abusing him, claiming to be a Vigilance Officer. Thereafter, he allegedly occupied the complainant’s seat and began making phone calls. When the train reached Jabalpur Railway Station, the complainant got down and found 4–5 RPF personnel along with Sub-Inspector Shishir Kumar and Vigilance Inspectors Kukreja and Srivastava present there. It was further alleged that the complainant was taken to the RPF station by holding his hand, abused, subjected to caste- based slurs, stripped, searched, and mentally and physically harassed. Thereafter, the Police Station GRP, Jabalpur summoned all the vigilance officers named above and the RPF staffs, who were present during the vigilance check on 29.12.2011. Their statements were recorded and the matter was investigated on the basis of the complaint dated 29.12.2011. The Station House Officer, GRP Jabalpur, after conducting a thorough investigation, found that no criminal case was made out against the petitioners and submitted his report dated 11.01.2012. Thereafter, respondent No. 8/complainant also filed a complaint against the petitioners through the All India Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Railway Employees Association. Pursuant thereto, and allegedly at the behest of respondent No. 4- Shri Gaji Ram Meena, who was then the Inspector General of Police, Range Rewa, and who also belongs to the same caste and category as respondent No. 8/complainant, Crime No. 44/12 was registered at GRP Katni, District Katni. This was done despite the fact that the Railway Police authorities at Jabalpur had already conducted an investigation and found that no illegality or offence had been committed by the petitioners. Consequently, the petitioners filed Writ Petitions No. 6159 and 6160 of 2012, which were disposed of vide common order dated 06.08.2012 directing t