ORDER

This application is filed underSection 482of theBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre- arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the accused in Crime No.10/2025 of Excise Range Office, Balussery, Kozhikode District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 22 (c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act)

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 19.02.2025 at 4.10 am, the excise officers allegedly recovered 74.165 grams of methamphetamine from the applicant's residence purportedly kept for sale in contravention of the NDPS Act. 4. I have heard Sri. S. Sunil Kumar, 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. The learned Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, submitted that the