K.BABU, J.

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B.A No.13423 of 2025 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 20^th day of November, 2025 O R D E R This is an application seeking anticipatory bail filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023.

2. The petitioner is accused No.1 in Crime No.2132/2025 of Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram. The offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable under Sections 296(b), 115(2), 3124(4), 118(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, as narrated in Annexure A2 order, reads thus:

“On 19.10.2025 at about 8.30 p.m., in front of the residence of the defacto complainant, situated at Chiramukku in Manacaud Village, the 1^st accused uttered obscene words against the defacto complainant and fisted him on his left side of rib. At that time, the 3^rd accused caught hold of the neck of the defacto complainant and the 1^st accused hit on the lef