ORDER

Dated this the 27th day of November, 2024 The application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( ‘the BNSS ’ for short) 2023, by the 4th accused in Crime No.355/2024 of the Kadavanthra Police Station, Ernakulam, which is registered against six accused persons for allegedly committing the offences punishable under Sections 318 (4) and 316(2) read with Section 3 (5) of the BNS and Section 66 (b) of the Information Technology Act . The petitioner was remanded to judicial custody on2 1.10.2024.

2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that, the accused 1 and 2 had induced the first informant to join a whats app group named “D5 Aviva Investment Academy” and the 2nd accused shared the first informant’s mobile number with the 1st accused, and the 1st accused instructed the first informant to transfer Rs.52,22,000/- to his bank account on the assurance of paying profit. Consequently, the first informant transferred the above amount between 20.06.2024 and 12.07.2024. However, the accused failed to pay any profit and refused to return the capital. Instead, the accused 1 and 2 transferred the above amount to the accounts of the accused 3 to 6.

Thus, the accuse