ORDER

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.52/2026 of Karipur Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 22 (c) read with Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (‘the NDPS Act’ for short).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 22.01.2026 at about 06.50 a.m., acting on alleged confidential information, the police intercepted accused Nos.1 to 3 and recovered 1.480 grams of MDMA from the possession of the accused No.1, and that upon questioning, he disclosed that additional MDMA procured from another accused had been kept for sale as per the instruction of the applicant, pursuant to which the police recovered 39.110 grams of MDMA from the sunshade of a house situated in the same compound as the applicant’s residence, and it is on the basis of such alleged disclosure and recovery that the applicant has been implicated for the offences under Sections 22 (c) and 29 of the NDPS Act.

4. I have heard Sri. Sidharth O., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sr