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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.4 in Crime No.1665/2023 of Anchal Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22 (c), 20(b)(ii)(A) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short ‘the NDPS Act’).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that accused No.1 was found in possession of 0.19 grams of LSD stamps and 4.67 grams of ganja in contravention of the NDPS Act and Rules and thereby committed the aforementioned offences. It is further alleged that during the investigation it was found that the applicant supplied the contraband to accused No.1.

4. I have heard Smt.Sailakshmi Menon, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, 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.