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 sole accused in Crime No.191/2025 of Varkala Excise Range, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections

55(i), 58, 8(1) and 8(2) of the Kerala Abkari Act .

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

12.12.2025 at 2.45 pm, the applicant was found in possession of 26 litres of beer, 6.75 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor, 5 litres of illicit liquor and .08 litres of illicit arrack in the house named “Rose Manzil” bearing No.88 in Ward No.28 of Varkala Municipality, Thiruvambady Road, Mangalamukku Desom in contravention of the Abkari Act and Rules.

4. I have heard Sri. J.R. Prem Navaz, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt. Sreeja V., 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 o