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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.3 in Crime No.807/2025 of Karipur Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22(c), and 23(c) read with Section 29(1) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, 'the NDPS Act').

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused No.1 who came from Muscat was caught at the Karipur International Airport with 949.26 grams of MDMA. It is alleged that accused No.1 brought the contraband in order to supply it to the accused Nos.2 and 3, who were present in a car bearing Registration No.KL-11-AE-1363 outside the airport. After realizing that accused No.1 was intercepted, they escaped from the airport.

4. I have heard Sri. Samsudin Panolin, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel appearing for the applicant submitted that the requirement of informing the arrested person of the grounds of arrest is mandatory under Article 22(1) of the C