SC Allowed Bail as Accused Joined Probe Despite Not Surrendering his Mobile Phone

Vinay Kumar Gupta Vs State of Madhya Pradesh (Supreme Court of India) The appeal arose from the denial of anticipatory bail by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh in connection with FIR No. 453/2025 dated 18.06.2025 registered at Police Station Semariya, District Rewa, for offences under Sections 8, 21 and 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Sections 13 and 5 of the Drugs (Control) Act, 1950. The case related to seizure of 710 bottles of cough syrup. The appellant was not named in the FIR, though the car from which the contraband was seized belonged to him. Earlier,...