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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.78/2024 of Excise Enforcement and Anti-Narcotic Special Squad, Kottayam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 20 (b) (ii)(B) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, NDPS Act).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant along with accused No.2 was found in possession of 4.065 kgs of dried ganja on the Kottayam-Kumarakam Road near Coco Bay Resort in Kumarakam Kara in contravention of the provisions of the NDPS Act.

4. I have heard Sri.Vishnu Das, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C. Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. On the other hand, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor submitted that the alleged in