Published on : 15 Oct 2025, 12:15 pm 3 min read

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that quashed criminal proceedings against former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Rajendra Singh and others accused of securing a fake Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate to contest elections from the Guna Assembly Constituency in Madhya Pradesh [Komal Prasad Shakya v. Rajendra Singh & Ors] .

A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Viswanathan said,

"...it could not be said that on a reading of the complaint and the unimpeachable documents that no offence under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 471, IPC, against accused-Rajendra Singh and Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 read with Section 120B, IPC, against accused-Amrik Singh, Harvir Singh and Smt. Kiran Jain are

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