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These two bail applications are connected and hence they are disposed of by a common order. They are filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant in B.A.No. 277 of 2026 is accused No.3 and the applicant in B.A.No.167 of 2026 is accused No.4 in Crime No. 898 of 2025 of Walayar Police Station, Palakkad District. 3. The offences alleged in both cases are punishable under Section 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 and Sections 9(B)(1)(b) of the Indian Explosives Act, 1884 (Amendment 2013 & 2014).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 15.11.2025 at

14.30 hours, during patrol duty, police found five tipper lorries parked near a quarry in the coconut grove of one Chinnaswamy in Poolampara. Inside the quarry, two tractors and three excavators were operating. On inspecting the adjacent shed, officers recovered 3,503 gelatin sticks, 1,265 detonators, a battery, wire and a plastic sack used for operating them. As these explosive substances were stored illegally without any licence or permit, the accused are alleged to have knowingly kept them in their possession for use in the q