Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Supreme Court (SC) has quashed a ‘Rape FIR’ lodged against a government employee from Jabalpur, finding that the complaint was lodged as an afterthought and an act of vengeance.

The case pertained to a complaint filed by a woman who worked with the appellant, Assistant Revenue Inspector Suresh Khawse, as a computer operator in Suhagi civic body.

Khawse had challenged a judgment of the High Court dated January 27, 2025, which had refused to exercise its powers under Section 528 of BNS to quash the FIR and the charge sheet.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh observed that the woman, who had a son from a previous marriage, lodged the complaint against Khawse only after he had filed a complaint against her with the municipal authorities.

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