2025 INSC 1484
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 5589-5590 OF 2025 (Arising out of Special Leave Petition (Crl.) Nos. 1715-1716/2025)
Syed Shahnawaz Ali …Appellant (s)
Versus
The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. …Respondent (s)
J U D G M E N T
MANOJ MISRA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. These two appeals arise from a common proceeding and are
directed against the orders of the High Court of Madhya
Pradesh at Jabalpur1 dated 21.02.2024 and 31.08.2024
passed in Criminal Revision No. 1986 of 2020 and Misc.
Criminal Case (MCRC) No. 36327 of 2024 respectively.
Facts
3. The father of the appellant, Shamshad Ali, filed an
application under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal
1 The High Court
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Procedure, 19732 for registering a first information report3
against respondents 2 to 5. The said application was allowed,
an FIR was registered and investigated. After investigation,
police report was submitted indicting respondents 2 to 5 for
offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471,
120-B and 34 of Indian Penal Code, 18604. However, vide
order dated 07.03.2020, the Court of XVIIth Additional
Sessions Judge, Bhopal, M.P. discharged the accused
respondents from offences punishable under ...