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 in Crime No.256/2024 of Vidya Nagar Police Station, Kasargode District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 22 (b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 09.07.2024 at about 13.50 hours, at a public road situated at a place namely Ancham Mail in Chengala Village, the applicant herein, was found in conscious possession of a total quantity of 3.75 grams of MDMA, while transporting in a motorcyle bearing registration number KL 14B 9672 for illicit sale and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Sri.M.H.Hanis, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. K.A.Noushad, 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 Senior Publi