Bail applications can be rejected if the petitioner is not yet arrayed as an accused in the crime, and procedural follow-up is necessary upon arraignment.

ORDER

This bail application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’).

2. Petitioner apprehendS arrest in Crime No.626/2025 of Hosdurg Police Station, Kasargod, registered for the offences punishable under Section 318 (4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. Learned Public Prosecutor, upon instructions, submitted that petitioner has not yet been arrayed as an accused.

4. In view of the above submission, the apprehension of arrest of the petitioner does not subsist. Therefore, this bail application is closed. However, if in case the petitioner is arrayed as accused in the said crime, necessarily the procedure under Section 35 (3) of BNSS shall be followed, before initiating any coercive proceedings.