ORDER

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

2. Petitioner is the second accused in Crime No. 679/2025 of Walayar Police Station, Palakkad, registered alleging offences punishable under Sections 22 (b), 8(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short 'the NDPS' Act').

3. According to the prosecution, on 19.08.2025, petitioner along with the first accused were found in possession of 7.84 grams of methamphetamine in a car bearing registration No.KL-09-AS-3945, and thereafter, on interrogation, it is revealed that the accused purchased the contraband from the third accused and thereby committed the offences alleged. Petitioner was arrested on 20.08.2025, and he has been in custody since then.

4. I have heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned Counsel for the petitioner contended that prosecution allegations are false and that since petitioner has been in custody from 20.08.2025, he ought to be released on bail.

6. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and submitted that he ought not to be re