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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR
Pramod Kumar Agrawal, J
Rahul Gandhi – Appellant
Versus
Kartikey Singh Chauhan – Respondent
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| 1. initiation of quashing petition following trial court summons. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. submission of apology and reciprocal consent for closure of proceedings. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. formal closure of criminal litigation upon amicable settlement. (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
ORDER
Applicant has preferred the present petition filed u/s 528 of BNSS challenging the order dated 13.12.2024 passed by the learned Trial Court taking cognizance of the offence punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, in Criminal Case No. S.C.P.P.M. 3/2025 and summoning the applicant.
2. During pendency of the petition, applicant has moved I.A. No. 14821/2026, which is an application for bringing on record the applicant's statement of which paragraphs 2 and 3 are reproduced as under:-
"2. That the applicant on October 29th, 2018, during the then ongoing Assembly Election campaign, made the allegedly defamatory statement in Jhabua, wherein a reference was made to so-called Panama Papers. Upon discovering that Respondent’s name erroneously appeared in the said statement, on the very next day — i.e. on October 30th, 2018 — the applicant clarified in public that who he had intended to refer
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