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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 6587

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
SIDDEGOWDA.M – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Sri. Kodoth Sreedharan
For the Respondents: Smt.Sreeja V.

Table of Content
1. applicant charged with significant drug possession. (Para 2 , 3)
2. court finds evidence supports serious charges. (Para 4 , 7 , 8)
3. defense claims implication in the case is false. (Para 5)

ORDER

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

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.831/2025 of Manjeshwar Police Station, Kasargod District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22 (b)(ii)(C) r/w (c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, NDPS Act).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 08.10.2025 at 12.38 a.m., at Sullyamma in Kodalamugaru village, the applicant was found to be in possession of 116.200 kg of ganja, kept in four plastic sacks in a shed near the house bearing No.V/58 for illegal sale, in violation of the provisions of the NDPS Act and thereby committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Kodoth Sreedharan, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and h

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