O R D E R

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

2. The petitioner is accused No.2 in Crime No.1010/2024 of Anchal Police Station, Kollam. The offences alleged against the petitioner and other accused are punishable under Section s 296 (b), 126(2), 115(2) and 118(1) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ), 2023.

3. The prosecution case, as narrated in Annexure 2 order, reads thus:-

“On account of the previous enmity, on 15.09.2024 at 7 p.m., accused 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 attacked the informant and on seeing his son being attacked by the accused persons, the informant’s father rushed to the spot and tried to prevent the 1^st accused from attacking his son. At that time, the 1^st accused took a chopper and struck on the head of the informant’s father. The informant’s father suffered a deep wound in the attack. While the informant was trying to rush towards the injured father, the 1^st accused gave a blow on his head with the chopper, which fell on the right side of the forehead of the informant, resulting in a deep wound. He has also suffered a deep wound on the wrist portion of his right hand. Seeing that the local p