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- The Chhattisgarh High Court has stayed further proceedings against former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in a CBI court case relating to an alleged morphed obscene video of BJP MLA Rajesh Munat circulated in 2017.
- The stay came on Baghel's petition challenging a January 2026 order of the Special Judge (CBI), Raipur, which had set aside his earlier discharge and directed that charges be framed against him.
- Baghel argues the CBI court exceeded its powers and that the prosecution material does not justify framing charges, while the CBI defended the revisional court's order and questioned the maintainability of the petition.
- A detailed order from the High Court is awaited.
What to watch next
- The detailed order from the Chhattisgarh High Court on the stay
- The High Court's final decision on Baghel's petition against the January 2026 charge-framing order
- The CBI's maintainability objection to the petition, to be decided by the court
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Named India · Bharatiya Janata Party · Bhupesh Baghel · Central Bureau of Investigation · Chaitanya Baghel · Chhattisgarh High Court · Harshwardhan Pargania · High Court · Indian National Congress · Joymalya Bagchi · Justice Radhakishan Agrawal · Kapil Sibal · P N Bhagwati
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