ORDER

The application is filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 , by the 9^th accused in Crime No.310/2023 of the Nedupuzha Police Station, Thrissur, registered against the accused (ten in number) for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii) (C) and 27(A) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (in short, ‘the Act’). The petitioner was arrested on 15.7.2023.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that: on 5.5.2023, at about 00.00 hours, the police party, on the basis of a secret information, conducted a search and found the accused 1 to 4 in possession of 220.910 kgms of ganja in a car at a place named Pattala Kinar in the road from Kuriachira to Chiyyaram Althara junction, which was procured from Odisha making use of the funds advanced by the accused 5 to 7, 9 and 10. Thus, the accused have committed the above offences.

3. Heard; Sri. Sarath Babu Kottakkal, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Smt. Neema T.V, the learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is totally innocent of the accusations levelled against hi