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 in Crime No.34/2025 of Chengannur Excise Range Office, Alappuzha District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 20 (b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act)

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

9.10.2025, while the applicant was standing in the Chengannur railway station, somebody abandoned a bag there and seeing this, the applicant was taken into custody by the Excise party forcibly from the platform No.1 with a bag containing 2.569 kgs of ganja meant for sale in contravention of the NDPS Act.

4. I have heard Sri. Akhil Suseendran, 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. On the other hand