Overview
- The Indore bench reserved its verdict after reviewing arguments and CCTV footage submitted by the defence.
- Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Meena told the court the youth was picked up from a bus by Malhargarh officers.
- Meena acknowledged the FIR's arrest details did not match video evidence and said a head constable orchestrated the operation.
- Six personnel from Malhargarh police station were suspended and a departmental inquiry was initiated.
- Police had alleged recovery of about 2.7 kg of opium and produced the 18-year-old in court the next day, which his family challenged as a fabricated case.