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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, J
VISHNU @ KOCHUPANDI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
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| 1. possession of narcotics in commercial quantity. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. requirements for informing grounds for arrest. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 3. bail granted due to failure to communicate grounds of arrest. (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
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 3rd accused in Crime No.591 of 2024 of Oachira Police Station, Kollam, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22 (b)(ii)(C) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘the NDPS Act’).
3. According to the prosecution, on 19.06.2024, the accused were found to be in possession of 30 kilograms of ganja, while transporting the same and thereby the offences alleged. Petitioner was arrested on 19.06.2024, and he has been in custody since then.
4. Heard Sri.P.Mohamed Sabah, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as Sri.Sanal P.Raj, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.
5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 19.06.2024. It was submitted that the grounds for arrest were not communicated to the petitioner
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