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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.7 in Crime No. 973 /

2024 of Punalur Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 8A(c), 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 r/w Section 29 of NDPS Act and Sections 111(2)(b), 114(4) and

238(b) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 11.07.2024 at 2 pm, the detecting officer seized 30.37 kgs of ganja from the possession of accused Nos. 1 and 2. It is also alleged that the other accused hatched a criminal conspiracy to secure ganja in contravention of the NDPS Act and Rules and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.K.V.Anil Kumar, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel appearing for the applicant submitted that the requirement of informing the arrested person of the grounds of arrest is mandatory under Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 47 of the BNSS and inasmuch as the applicant was not furnished with the gro