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

2. The applicant is the accused No.4 in Crime No.10/2021 of Vandiperiyar Excise Range Office, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable underSections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25, 22(b) and 29 of theNarcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985(for short, NDPS Act). 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 26.02.2021, the Excise Officials conducted a search at the Kumali Check post based on the information received from the State Excise Enforcement Squad. During the search, accused Nos.1 to 3 were found transporting 20.970 kilograms of dried ganja and 1.100 kilograms of hashish oil in a car bearing registration No.KL-34-A-8388. It is further alleged that the applicant, along with accused Nos.1 to 3, conspired together and accused Nos.1 to 3 went to Andhra Pradesh using the car, procured the contraband and transported it to Kerala. It is also alleged that the applicant financed accused Nos. 1 to 3 to procure the contraband. Thus, the applicant is alleged to have