ITEM NO.5 COURT NO.3 SECTION II-C S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.)

No. 18601/2025 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 20-08-2025 in CRLOP No. 16884/2025 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras]

JAMALUDDIN Petitioner(s)

VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA Respondent(s)

Date : 23-02-2026 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR For Petitioner(s) :

Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.

Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR For Respondent(s) :

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Aastha Singh, Adv.

Ms. Mili Baxi, Adv.

Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel NIDHI AHUJA Date: 2026.02.23 Reason:

the Court made the following

O R D E R

1) Against order of rejection of regular bail by the High Court and to seek bail, the present special leave petition has been filed. The petitioner is in custody w.e.f.27.01.2023 in connection with NDPS File No. DRI/CZU/VIII/48/ENQ/INT-02/2023 on the file of Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai, in CC No. 971 of 2023 for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b