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 has been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. On the other hand,