ORDER

This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.1 in Crime No.898/2025 of Walayar Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 5 of the Explosive Substances Act , 1908 and Sections 9(B)(1)(b) of the Indian Explosives Act , 1884 (Amendment 2013 & 2014).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

15.11.2025 at 14.30 hours, during patrol duty, police found five tipper lorries parked near a quarry in the coconut grove of one Chinnaswamy in Poolampara. Inside the quarry, two tractors and three excavators were operating. On inspecting the adjacent shed, officers recovered 3,503 gelatin sticks, 1,265 detonators, a battery, wire and a plastic sack used for operating them. As these explosive substances were stored illegally without any licence or permit, the accused are alleged to have knowingly kept them in their possession for use in the quarry and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri. Manumon A., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C. Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the ca