ITEM NO.7 COURT NO.6 SECTION II-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 1789/2024
(Arising out of impugned judgment and order dated 23-11-2023 in MCRC No. 46422/2023 passed by the High Court of M.P. Principal Seat at Jabalpur)
AKASH SINGH BAGHEL @ SONU SINGH Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Respondent(s)
(IA No.30180/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.30179/2024-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

Date : 09-02-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddharth R Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Singh, Adv.
Mr. Shantanu Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sankalp Kochar, Adv.
Mr. Siddhant Kochar, Adv.
Ms. Sakshi Banga, Adv.
Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR
Mr. Gautam Prabhakar, Adv.

For Respondent(s)
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Heard Mr. Siddharth R Gupta, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner.
The counsel would point out that there has been infringement of the procedure under Section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act and the High Court should have considered that factor, while considering the bail application of the accused.
We have perused the impugned order dated 23.11.2023 and considered the reasoning given by the High Court for refusing bail to the petitioner. He has been in custody since 21.03.2022 and considering the rigors of Section 37 of the NDPS Act, the High Court refused to grant bail.
We see no infirmity with the above order. The Special Leave Petition is accordingly dismissed.
Pending application(s), if any, shall stand closed.
(NITIN TALREJA) (KAMLESH RAWAT)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR