IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (arising out of SLP(Crl.) No. 19118 of 2025)
GOPI @ GAURAV SINGH APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The appellant, Gopi @ Gaurav Singh,
is aggrieved by the denial of regular bail
by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at
Jabalpur, vide order dated 10.09.2025
passed in Misc. Criminal Case No.
28554/2025, in relation to First
Information Report (FIR) No. 174/2023
dated 06.03.2023 registered with Police
Station – Kotwali, District – Satna,
Madhya Pradesh, for the offences
punishable under Sections 395, 397, 302,
120B and 216A of the Indian Penal Code,
Crl.A. @ SLP(Crl.) No. 19118/2025 1
1860 and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms
Act, 1959.
We find that the appellant, Gopi @
Gaurav Singh, has been in custody since
14.03.2023.
Counter affidavit filed by the State
of Madhya Pradesh reflects that 30 out of
80 listed witnesses have been examined
till date and the remaining 50 are yet to
be examined. There is, therefore, no
possibility of the trial concluding any
time in the near future. Further, the
counter affidavit does not detail any
direct evidence linking the appellant to
the commission of the offence. In any
event, it is for the prosecution to
establish the same during the course of
the tr...