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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.

564/2025 of Palarivattom Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 8 (c), 22(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 . 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 05/08/2025 at

8.50 pm, the accused No.1 was found in possession of 277.75 grams of MDMA in contravention of the NDPS Act and Rules and thereby committed the offences. The allegation against the applicant is that he financed accused No.1 to procure contraband and also assisted him to transport the same.

4. I have heard Sri.K.R.Vinod, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C. Ashi, the learned Senior 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 Section 47 of the BNSS and inasmuch as the applicant was not furnished with the grounds of arrest, his arr