O R D E R

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 O.R. No.147 of 2025 of Air Customs, Calicut International Airport, Kozhikode, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b) (ii)(C), 22(c), 23(c), 28 and 29 r/w Section 8 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [for brevity, ‘NDPS Act’].

3. According to the prosecution, on 13.05.2025 at about 11.45 pm, at the Customs Baggage Hall of Calicut International Airport, suspecting possession of contraband with accused Nos. 1 to 3, concealed in the checked-in baggages while arriving at Calicut International Airport on Air Asia flight AK 33, contraband of 11.047 kilograms of Hydroponic ganja and chocolate and other edible items laced with Amphetamine weighing 4.922 kilograms were recovered from the possession of the first accused, 11.178 kilograms of Hydroponic ganja and 4.70 kilograms of chocolate and other edible items laced with Amphetamine narcotic was seized from the possession of the second accused, 11.504 kilograms of Hydroponic ganja and 4.195 kilograms of chocolate and other edib