IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR PALIWAL st ON THE 1 OF MARCH, 2025 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 3273 of 2025 SOHANLAL MESHKAR Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Ajay Kumar Jain - Advocate for the applicant.

Shri Pradeep Gupta - Government Advocate for the respondent/State.

ORDER This is fourth application filed on behalf of the applicant under Section

439 of Cr.P.C. (Section 483 of BNSS, 2023) for grant of regular bail in relation to FIR No.107/2023 dated 11.09.2023, registered at Police Station Crime Branch, District Bhopal (M.P.) for commission of offence under Sections 8/20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

Applicant is in detention since 11.09.2023.

2. Applicant's earlier three bail applications were dismissed on merits vide orders dated 14.12.2023, 16.05.2024 and 02.12.2024 passed in M.Cr.C. No.52725/2023, M.Cr.C. No.20325/2024 and M.Cr.C.. No.51381/2024 respectively.

3. As per the prosecution story, on 11.09.2023 on the basis of information received from the informant, Crime Branch police, Bhopal encircled two men and one women and apprehended them. In interrogation they introduced themselves