IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANDEEP N. BHATT

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ON THE 20 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 1862 of 2026 DINESH GARG Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Appearance:

Shri Siddharth Sharma, Advocate alongwith Shri Devendra Kumar Prajapati and Shri Shubham Manchani, learned counsel for the applicant..

Shri B.D. Singh Addl.A.G appeared for respondent/State.

ORDER This is first bail application filed by the applicant under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for grant of regular bail relating to FIR/Crime No.11/2025 registered at the Police Station STF. District Jabalpur for the offences punishable under Sections 318,336(3),338,340(2),61(2) of BNS, 2023 and section 12 of Passport Act, 1967. Applicant is in detention since

01.08.2025.

2. As per prosecution story, applicant alongwith other co-accused persons used forged and fabricated documents for the purpose of obtaining Indian passport.

F.I.R was registered.

3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is engaged in the activity as agent for getting the passport and for that he was in contact of accused persons. He has further submitted that there is no