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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.2 and

3 in Crime No.22/2025 of Excise Range Office, Koyilandy. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 22 (c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short, ‘the NDPS Act’).

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

03.06.2025 at about 10:20 a.m., the applicants were found in possession and transportation of 52.242 grams of Methamphetamine in a Honda City car bearing registration No. KL-07-BN-3399 which was found lying in a landed property of one Latheef Haji in contravention of the NDPS Act & Rules.

4. I have heard Smt. Reeha Khader.K, 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 applicants submitted that the applicants have been in custody since

03.06.2025 and the grounds of arrest were not communicated in accordance with law at the time of their arrest. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor on the other hand opposed the bail application and submitted t