Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Mag Singh vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 16 February, 2026
Author: Aravind Kumar
Bench: Aravind Kumar
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2026
(@SLP(CRL.) NO.589 OF 2026)
MAG SINGH ..... APPELLANT
VERSUS
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH ..... RESPONDENT
O R D E R
1. Heard.
2. Leave granted.
3. Appellant, who has been arraigned as an accused in FIR
No. 93/2024 for the offences punishable under Sections 8, 15
and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
(NDPS Act) is seeking for grant of regular bail as his
prayer came to be rejected by the Courts below.
4. The case of the prosecution is that on 23.02.2024
Narendra Makwana, ASI, Police Station Daloda had received a
Signature Not Verified
Digitally signed by
RASHI GUPTA
Date: 2026.02.19
17:39:47 IST
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Reason:
reliable information that a vehicle would be carrying poppy-
straw (Dodachura) and on intercepting the suspected vehicle,
they found two persons sitting, namely, appellant herein
(A2) and one Narpat Singh (A1) and said car was piloted by
another car which was driven by Bhawani Singh (A3) and the
vehicles were heading towards Gujarat. On their
interception, they found that vehicle driven by appellant
contained nine plastic sacks of poppy-straws weighing about
175 kgs from the second vehicle, namely, vehicle in which
appellant herein and A1 were traveling. Hence, the FIR came
to be filed.
5. After investigation, chargesheet came to be filed and the
prosecution has cited 24 witnesses. Till date none of the
witnesses have been examined, though charges have been
framed.
6. Having regard to the fact that car driven by the Bhawani
Singh, which was said to be piloting the car driven by the
appellant, has been released on bail and even though charges
have been framed and 24 witnesses have been cited, till date
none of the witnesses have been examined, as such the trial
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would take its own time and there being no criminal
antecedents attributable to the appellant, his continued
incarceration is not warranted. Hence, he is ordered to be
released on bail.
7. Accordingly, appeal is allowed. Impugned order is set
aside. Appellant is ordered to be released on bail on such
terms and conditions as the jurisdictional court may deem
fit to impose and also on the condition that appellant would
appear before the jurisdictional court on all dates of
hearing except when exempted for any specific reason.
8. It is also made clear that in the event of any other case
being registered against the appellant for similar offence,
the prosecution would be at liberty to seek for cancellation
of bail granted by this Court by filing an appropriate
application before the jurisdictional trial court.
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9. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.
………………J.
(ARAVIND KUMAR)
………………J.
(PRASANNA B. VARALE)
New Delhi;
February 16, 2026.
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ITEM NO.34 COURT NO.15 SECTION II-E
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. 589/2026
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 14-
08-2025 in MCRC No. 26267/2025 passed by the High Court of
Madhya Pradesh at Indore]
MAG SINGH Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Respondent(s)
IA No. 320417/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE
IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No. 320420/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM
FILING O.T.
Date : 16-02-2026 This matter was called on for hearing
today.
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE
For Petitioner(s) :Mr. Nishant Bishnoi, AOR
Ms. Srishti Prabhakar, Adv.
Mr. Raghav Khanna, Adv.
Mr. Dhananjay Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Rajatdeep Sharma, Adv.
For Respondent(s) :Mr. Bhupendra Pratap Singh, D.A.G.
Mr. Sarthak Raizada, Adv.
Mr. Ramesh Thakur, Adv.
Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR
Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv.
Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv.
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UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Appeal is allowed in terms of the Signed Order
placed on the file.
3. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand
disposed of.
(RASHI GUPTA) (AVGV RAMU)
COURT MASTER (SH) COURT MASTER (NSH)
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