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This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 , seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.4 in Crime No.973/2024 of Punalur Police Station, Kollam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 20 (b)(ii)(C), 25 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, NDPS Act) and Sections 111 (2)(b), 111(4) and

238(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 11.07.2024 at about 2.00 p.m, the detecting officer had seized about 30.37 kilograms of ganja from the possession of accused No.1 from his house. The prosecution further alleged that all the other accused hatched a criminal conspiracy to secure ganja and that the contraband article was brought from Orissa at the instance of accused Nos.3 to 6.

4. I have heard Sri.Dileep P.Pillai, 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 a