ORDER

This is the second application filed under Section 482 of the Bharathiya Nagarik Suraksha Samhita, for an order of pre-arrest bail.

2. The petitioner is the second accused in O.R.No.4 of 2023 of the Forest Range Office, Varayal, Wayanad, which is registered against five accused persons, for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 9 , 39, 50, 51 read with Section 2 (16) , 2(20), 2(31b), 2(35) & 2(36) of Wild Life Protection Act , 1972.

3. The crux of the prosecution allegation is that: in the intervening night of 22.11.2023 and 23.11.202,3 the accused hunted a deer, removed its antlers and thereafter, caused a deep wound on its neck and killed it. The accused, thereafter, transported the carcass in a car bearing No.KL-72-D-3880, through Thalassery-Baveli road. When the vehicle reached Periya 34 (Alar Junction), the Forest officials, on getting a secret information, attempted to intercept the vehicle. But, the accused had refused to stop the vehicle. Instead, they dashed the vehicle against the Forest officials and caused injuries to two of them, and also damaged their vehicle causing a loss of Rs.10,000/- to the Forest Department. Thus, the accused have comm