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 accused No.1 in O.R.

No.08/2025 of Narcotic Control Bureau, Cochin. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22 (c), 22(A), 23(c), 28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act).

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

07.10.2025 at Kochi International Mail Center, the officers of the NCB, Cochin Zonal Unit seized 0.11 gms of thick multi-coloured design paper believed to be LSD, 0.80 gms of Cocaine and 1.21 gms of MDMA. During the course of investigation, the applicant was summoned and his voluntary statement was recorded. It established his involvement in the trafficking of seized narcotic substance.

4. I have heard Sri.P.M. Rafeek the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. R. Vinu Raj, the learned Special 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 Sectio