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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 applicants are the accused Nos.1 to 3 in Crime No.7/2026 of Palakkad Excise Range Office, Palakkad District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 20 (b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 .

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

14.01.2026 at 03:30 pm, on Coimbatore - Palakkad NH -544 in front of Walayar Excise Check post, the applicants were found in possession of 12 kilograms of ganja while they were travelling in a KSRTC bus bearing Registration No. 15-A-1795, which was plying from Coimbatore to Cherthala and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Smt.Yesma D. Elavanthara, the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicants with the alleged crime; hence, they are entitled to bail. On the