ORDER

The State of Kerala is before this Court aggrieved by rejection of its application seeking police custody of the 1^st accused in Crime No.5 of 2023 of Excise Range Office, Chalakudy. The essential facts are as under;

Based on the information given by the 1^st accused, the Excise officials recovered LSD Stamps from the scooter and vanity bag of a lady named Sheela Sunny on 27.02.2023. During the course of investigation in that crime, the recovered stamps were subjected to chemical analysis. Thereupon, it was revealed that the stamps did not contain any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance. From subsequent investigation it came to light that Sheela Sunny was framed in the crime based on a conspiracy between the 1^st and 2^nd accused. Thereupon, the offences for which the crime was originally registered was altered to Section 58 (2), 28, 29, 22(c) and 60(3) of the NDPS Act and Sections 120B, 195 and 116 r/w Section 34 of IPC. Subsequently, the respondent was arrest