ORDER

This bail application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’). 2. Petitioner is the first accused in Crime No.709 of 2025 of Pudukkad Police Station, Thrissur, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20 (b)(ii)(C), 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [for brevity, ‘NDPS Act’].

3. According to the prosecution, on 23.05.2025 at about

5.15 a.m., the accused were found transporting 125 Kg. of ganja in a lorry bearing registration No.KL-42/X-3218 and thereby committed the offences alleged. Petitioner was arrested on 23.05.2025 and he has been in custody since then.

4. Heard Sri.Vivek Venugopal, the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri.Prasanth M.P., the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 23.05.2025. It was submitted that the grounds for arrest were not communicated to the petitioner or his relatives at the time of his arrest.

6. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and submitted that the grounds for arrest were communicated to the petitioner at the time of hi