Overview
- Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Meena told the Indore bench that officers picked up the 18-year-old from a bus and that the FIR’s time and location did not match video evidence.
- He acknowledged serious procedural lapses, said a head constable led the operation, and admitted the case was registered after the youth was already in illegal custody.
- Six Malhargarh personnel were suspended and a departmental inquiry was ordered, including SHO Rajendra Pawar, SIs Sajid Mansuri and Sanjay Pratap Singh, and constables Narendra, Jitendra, and Dilip Jat.
- CCTV and mobile footage showed the student being escorted off a bus late morning, contradicting police records that placed his arrest at 5:15 pm near Banda Khal, roughly 35 km from the pickup point.
- The court granted the student bail on December 5 after roughly two months in jail and has now reserved its verdict while directing top Home Department oversight on implementing BNSS provisions.