ORDER

This bail application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’).

2. Petitioner is the third accused in Crime No.30/2024 of Excise Enforcement and Anti Narcotic Special Squad, Malappuram, which is now pending as S.C.No.1491 of 2024 on the files of the Special Court for SC/ST (PoA) Act & NDPS Act Cases, Manjeri, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22 (c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [for short, ‘NDPS Act’].

3. The prosecution case is that, on 08.06.2024 the accused were found in possession of 2.5 grams each of Methamphetamine in the parking ground of a hotel and on the basis of the information given, the excise party arrived at the hotel and found the accused, in possession of 680 grams of methamphetamine, thereby committing the offences alleged. Petitioner was arrested on 08.06.2024 and he has been in custody since then.

4. I have heard Adv.P.Mohamed Sabah, the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri.Noushad K.A., the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned Counsel for the petitioner contended that the prosecution allegations are false and that petitioner h