ORDER

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

seeking regular bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos. 1 and 2 in Crime No. 1800/2025 of Kuruppampady Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 21(b), 8(c) and 29(1) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act).

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

25.11.2025 at 7 pm, the applicants were found travelling in an autorickshaw bearing registration No.KL-41T-8273 near MGM school, Kuruppampady and on search, 12.250 gms of Heroin were found in a polyethene cover kept inside the elastic of the pant worn by the applicant No.1 in contravention of the NDPS Act and Rules.

4. I have heard Sri. Francis Assisi, the learned counsel for the applicants and Smt. Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicants with the alleged crime; hen