ORDER

These bail applications are filed under section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’).

2. Petitioners are accused 1 and 2 in Crime No.613 of 2025 of Aruvikkara Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 85, 108 and 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. According to the prosecution, the accused had subjected their daughter-in-law Smt.Divya to continued cruelty in connection with their demands for dowry and she committed suicide on 23.06.2025 and thereby the accused committed the offences alleged. Petitioners were arrested on 28.06.2025 and they have been in custody since then.

5. Heard Sri.J.R.Prem Navaz, the learned Counsel for the petitioners as well as Smt.Sreeja V., the learned Public Prosecutor.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioners contended that the prosecution allegations are totally false and petitioners were falsely implicated as accused. It was further submitted that petitioners have been in custody from 28.06.2025 and hence they ought to be released on bail.

7. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and submitted that petitioner ought not to be released o