The appellant, Mandakini Dixit, a gazetted officer with over 14 years of unblemished service, challenged a Single Judge order (passed in W.P. No.47622/2025) before a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore. The Single Judge had directed transfer of investigation to the CBI and registration of an FIR against the appellant in connection with the suicide of Dinesh Makwana, a liquor licensee who died on 08.11.2025 after a statutory demand notice was issued to him. The appellant contended that Respondent No. 5 (Santosh Makwana, the deceased's relative) had repeatedly demanded Rs. 2 crores from her using a purported video as leverage, and that the writ petition was filed only after the appellant refused to yield to these extortion demands. The appellant argued that the Single Judge wrongly equated a merg enquiry under Section 194 BNSS, 2023 with an FIR and criminal investigation, and that the impugned order relied on unverified electronic material while making prejudicial observations against her. The Division Bench reserved the matter on 10.07.2026 and pronounced its order on 17.07.2026, though the full operative order is not reproduced in the provided text.