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MP High Court Reserves Order After Mandsaur SP Admits Lapses in Teen Opium Case

Six officers now face an internal inquiry following the SP's courtroom admission of serious lapses.

The man arrested on charges of opium smuggling has called the case against him false and challenged the police action (Videograb)
The Malhargarh police had registered a case against his client, a resident of Rajasthan, in August under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act
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Overview

  • Bus CCTV and mobile videos show plain-clothed Malhargarh policemen pulling 18-year-old Sohan off a Mandsaur–Pratapgarh bus with no visible seizure, contradicting the FIR’s stated time and location near Banda Khal.
  • Appearing before the Indore bench, Mandsaur SP Vinod Kumar Meena acknowledged serious procedural lapses, said a head constable led the operation, and conceded the case was registered after the teen was already in illegal custody.
  • Six personnel from Malhargarh station—then SHO Rajendra Panwar, SIs Sanjay Pratap and Sajid Mansuri, and constables Narendra Singh, Jitendra Singh and Dilip Jat—have been suspended, with a departmental inquiry underway.
  • The court earlier granted the teenager bail on December 5 after reviewing discrepancies, and it has now reserved its final order in the petition challenging the arrest.
  • Investigating officer SI Sanjay Pratap had previously told the court the men in the video were not police, a claim contradicted by the SP’s admission.