ORDER

This is an application for anticipatory bail.

2. Petitioner is the 1st accused in Crime No.1535 of 2021 of Anchuthengu Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram registered alleging commission of offences punishable under Sections 341, 294(b), 506 and 427 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. Prosecution case is that on account of the previous enmity towards the defacto complainant as he refused an amount of Rs.15,000/- demanded by the 1st accused, the accused with an intention to cause injury and hurt to the defacto complainant on 23.12.2021 at about 8.30 p.m. trespassed into the ice plant of the defacto complainant, armed with deadly weapons saying that they would not allow him to run the ice plant without providing the amount demanded by them. Thereafter on 24.12.2021 at about midnight, the accused came to the house of the defacto complainant and the 1st accused created noise by hitting the sword on the gate. When the wife of the defacto complainant came out to see what was happening there, the 1st accused abused her in filthy language and threatened her that they would do away with the defacto complainant. They caused destruction to the ga