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.2 in Crime No.927/2023 of Pozhiyoor Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 20(b) (ii)(A), 25 and 22(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short 'the NDPS' Act').

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

11.11.2023, the accused No.1 was found transporting 175 grams of methamphetamine and 2.03 grams of ganja inside the dashboard of the car bearing registration No.KL-01/P-1230 and when the police intercepted the vehicle, he fled from the scene. It is alleged that the applicant conspired with accused No.1 and bought and transported the contraband.

4. I have heard Sri.Shajin S. Hameed, 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 applic