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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 accused No.2 in Crime No.958/2023 of Chevayur Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22 (c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, NDPS Act). 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 21.10.2023 at about 5:40 p.m., based on reliable information received, the police conducted a search of the Ottakkandathil House belonging to accused No.1 at Kannadikkal, where they found 66.650 grams of methamphetamine in the almirah of the bedroom. Accused Nos.1 and 3 purchased the contraband from Bangalore. The specific allegation against the applicant herein is that he is the agent of a lobby engaged in selling narcotic drugs on a large scale. The accused conspired together and possessed commercial quantities of methamphetamine in violation of the provisions of the NDPS Act and thus committed the aforementioned offences.

4. I have heard Sri.P.Mohamed Sabah, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prose