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This second application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.7 in Crime No.1393/2025 of Parassala Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram Rural. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 115 (2), 336(2), 351(3), 310(2) 140(2) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons with an intention to demand ransom by kidnapping the de facto complainant and another, on 26/08/2025 at 6 pm, kidnapped them in an Innova car bearing registration number KL-20-A-9001 and detained them in the house of accused No.1. After kidnapping the de facto complainant and his friend, the accused persons by demanding a ransom of Rs.50 lakhs, assaulted and intimidated them. Further, it is alleged that the accused persons forged the identity cards and uniforms of Kerala Police and robbed Rs.50,000/- from the de facto complainant and his friend, and thereby committed the offences.