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This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.2 in Crime No.80/2025 of Vatakara Excise Range Office, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22 (b), 20(b)(ii)(B) 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

11.10.2025, the applicant and accused No.1 were found in possession of 4.14 grams of Methamphetamine and 1.230 kilograms of ganja in contravention of the NDPS Act and Rules and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Abhilash T.M., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, 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. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, submitted that the alleged incid