ORDER

This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 , seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.5 in S.C.

No.2615/2023 on the files of the Additional Sessions Court-I, Thiruvananthapuram. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 20 (b)(ii)(C) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, NDPS ACT)

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that accused Nos.1 to 4 were found in possession of 3 kgs of hashish oil and 101 kgs of ganja at about 10 a.m. on 08.10.2020 in a Mahindra Bolero van bearing registration No.KL-16F-2824 and an Ashok Leyland van bearing registration No.KL-43D-7923 which belongs to the applicant and thereby committed the offences. It is further alleged that the applicant instructed accused No.6 to procure contraband, who after procuring the same handed over to accused Nos.1 to 4.

4. I have heard Sri.P.Mohamed Sabah, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A.Noushad, 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. T