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.3 in Crime No.743/2025 of Kalady Police Station, Ernakulam District now pending as S.C.No.1678/2025 on the files of the Additional District and Sessions Court-I, North Paravur. The offences alleged are punishable under Section s 8 (c), 22(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act), Section 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 and Section 199(A) of the Motor Vehicles Act , 1988.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused Nos. 1 to 4 and one CCL who is arrayed as the accused No.5 together decided to procure methamphetamine from Bangalore and accordingly, the accused Nos. 1 and 2 went to Bangalore and procured 99.40 gms of MDMA and brought to Kerala on 28.5.2025. While the accused Nos. 1 and 5 were transporting the contraband in a scooter bearing registration No.KL-41-A-1263 at 10.05 am on 28.5.2025, they were intercepted by the police and the contraband were seized. It is alleged that the applicant gave financial assistance to the accus