ORDER

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

2. Petitioners are accused 1 and 2 in Crime No.113 of

2025 of Ernakulam Railway Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20 (b)(ii)(C) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 [for brevity, ‘NDPS Act’].

3. According to the prosecution, during an inspection at Ernakulam South Railway Station, the SI of Ernakulam Railway Police Station recovered 15.472 kg of ganja from the bag of the first accused and 12.489 kg from the bag of the second accused and thereby the accused committed the offences alleged. Petitioners were arrested on 11.03.2025 and they have been in custody since then.

4. Heard Adv.V.S.Salim, the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri.Prasanth M.P., the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have been in custody since 11.03.2025. It was submitted that the grounds for arrest were not communicated to the petitioners or their relatives at the time of their arrest. 6. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and su