2026 INSC 141 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. __________________ OF 2026 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 10711of 2025)

DR. ANAND RAI ... APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ANR. … RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T

SANJAY KAROL, J.

Leave Granted.

2. This appeal at the instance of the accused calls into question the correctness of the final judgment and order in Criminal Appeal No. 3945 of 2025, dated 3^rd July 2025 by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore. In terms of the Signature Not Verified impugned judgment, the High Court dismissed the accused’s Digitaly signed by

KANCHAN CHOUHAN

Date: 2026.02.11

Reason:

Judge , Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 whereby his prayer for discharge under

3 4 Section 227 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 , was allowed only in part. The chargesheet that was filed upon completion of the investigation in FIR No. 0653 of 2022 dated 15^th November 2022 registered at PS Bilpank, District Ratlam. The said chargesheet, being Chargesheet No.1 of 2023 dated 16^th February 2023, sent the matter up for trial against the accused on charges under Sections 294