K.BABU, J.

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B.A No.13590 of 2025 ---------------------------------------

Dated this the 19^th day of November, 2025 O R D E R This is an application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS ), 2023.

2. The petitioner is accused No.3 in Crime No.511/2025 of Kuttiady Police Station, Kozhikode. The offences alleged against the petitioner and the other accused are punishable under Sections

316(2), 316(5) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ). 3. The prosecution case as narrated in Anx.A2 order reads thus:

“The accused, who is the chairman of Viswadeepthi Multi-Sate Agri Co-operative Society, along with the directors of the society, mad the informant to believe that he would get high rate of interest if he deposits amount in their society. Thereafter the accused herein, along with other accused, misappropriated 35 lakhs which was deposited by the informant in the society at different occasions between 13.12.2021 and 30.09.2024. The accused cheated the informant by not returning the amount. The accused is thereby alleged to have committed the above mentioned offences.” (sic)

4. The petitioner was arrested on