ORDER :

(P.V. KUNHIKRISHNAN, J.)

These Bail Applications are filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS ), 2023. These two bail applications are connected and therefore, I am disposing of these two cases by a common order.

2. The petitioner in both these cases are one and the same person. He is an accused in Crime No.415/2024 of Infopark Police Station, Ernakulam and in Crime No.10/2024 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Kasargod. Crime No.415/2024 was registered by the Infopark Police alleging offence punishable under Section 318(4) r/w 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. The prosecution case in this case is that the accused cheated the defacto complainant for an amount of Rs.2,64,000/- through an online fraud by portraying themselves to be the officers of the Mumbai Police and threatened the defacto complainant that his accounts would be frozen and forced him to pay a large amount of money to prevent such coercive action.

3. Crime No.10/2024 was registered by the Cyber Crime Police Station, Kasargod, alleging offences punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and also under Section 66D of the Information Technology Act . The prosecut