ORDER

This is an application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS ), 2023.

2. The petitioner is accused No.14 in Crime No.428 of

2025 of Pandikad Police Station. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 127 (3), 140(1), 61(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 351(3), 111 and 311 r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 ( for short ‘ BNS ’).

3. The prosecution case, as narrated in Annexure 1 order reads thus:

“On 12.08.2025, at 19.52 hours, at Pandikkad Amsom, in front of Pandikkad Tourist Home owing to certain financial transactions between accused No.1 and the husband of the defacto complainant while abroad, and with the intention of eliminating the said husband, accused Nos.1 to 17 criminally conspired together, kidnapped him, wrongfully detained him, and thereafter assaulted him with hands and weapons while demanding ransom money. ” [sic.]

4. The petitioner was arrested on 25.10.2025, and he has been in judicial custody since then.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that accused Nos. 1 to 4 and 8 to 11 were released on bail by this Cour