ORDER

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-

arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.3 in Crime No.1693/2025 of Pooyapally Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22(b) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, NDPS Act).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

12.12.2025, the accused nos. 1 to 3 were travelling in a car. On seeing the detecting party, the applicant had ran out of the car. The accused No.1 was found carrying 1.5 grams of MDMA in his pocket. It is alleged that the applicant along with accused Nos.1 and 2 were carrying the same and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Anoop Antony, 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