O R D E R

This is an application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No.376/2025 of Melattur Police Station, Malappuram. The offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3) and

316(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.

3. The prosecution case is as follows :-

During the period from 01.01.2022 to 20.07.2022, the petitioner, an Assistant Manager of ICICI Prudential Insurance Company, received a sum of Rs.44 lakhs from the defacto complainant assuring that the amount would be deposited in the ICICI Prudential Insurance Company. The petitioner failed to deposit the money in the bank. She issued fake receipts stating that she deposited the amount with the bank.

4. The case of the petitioner is that, a partnership business agreement was executed between the petitioner’s husband and the defacto complainant for running a petrol pump in the name of ‘Thelakkad Petroleum’. The defacto complainant invested money in the business. The petitioner’s husband could not commence business as agreed. Later, the defacto complainant demanded return of the amount. In order