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Dated this the 30th day of November, 2023 This application is filed u/s 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the 2nd accused in Crime No.1518/2023 of Thiruvalla Police Station. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 341, 332, 353 and 307 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that due to the enmity against the defacto complainant, the excise official in a previous crime, while on search of the 1st accused at his house, the 1st accused inflicted injury upon the left hand elbow of the defacto complainant with a sword and the 2nd accused wrongfully restrained him. It is further alleged that the 1st accused has inflicted injury on the other officials also and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri. T.P. Pradeep, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C. Ashi, the learned Public Prosecutor.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the appl