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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
HASSAN P – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. possession of narcotics established. (Para 2) |
| 2. arguments raised concerning communication of arrest grounds. (Para 5) |
| 3. communication of grounds for arrest is mandatory. (Para 6 , 8) |
| 4. absence of communication renders arrest illegal. (Para 7) |
| 5. court ordered release of the applicant. (Para 9) |
ORDER
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.2 in Crime No.755/2025 of Koppam Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 20 (b)(ii)(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
27.12.2025, at 17:10 hours, at Parappuram Road, Mulayankavu, accused Nos.1 to 3 were found in possession of 20.179 kg of ganja in a shed near a cattle farm belonging to the applicant for the purpose of sale and thereby committed the offences.
4. I have heard Adv.Krishnapriya Sreekumar, 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
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