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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.8 in Crime No.342/2023 of Ambalamedu Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 20 (b)(ii)(B) and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act , 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 06.04.2023 at

4.20 p.m., accused Nos.1 to 7 were found in possession of 15.400 kilograms of ganja. It is further alleged that it was the applicant who supplied the contraband to accused Nos.1 to 7.

4. I have heard Sri.Balamurali K.P., 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 are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged