ORDER

This is an application seeking pre-arrest bail filed under Section

438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

2. Petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 4 in Crime No.271/2022 of Museum Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram City. The offences alleged against the petitioners are under Sections 341, 323, 294(b), 324, 354 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 3. The prosecution case is that petitioners and other co-

accused totalling 12 in number, who are the students of Thiruvananthapuram Law College and members of Students Federation of India, assaulted the defacto complainant and the KSU Unit President, who is a lady and attempted to disrobe her by pulling the sari worn by her, with an intention to outrage her modesty, and thereby committing the offences alleged against them.

4. Sri.N.Satheesh, learned Counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that the entire prosecution case is false and all what had happened, was a minor scufÒe, from which, due to political rivalry, the allegations are being raised. It is also pointed out that at the initial stage itself, neither the defacto complainant, nor the victim had any allegation of outraging the modesty. However, for ulterior purpo