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This application is filed under Section 482 of the bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.1371/2025 of Sulthan Bathery Police Station, Wayanad. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 323 , 354, 376(2) (n), 377, 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , Sections 318 and 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 2000 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant sexually assaulted and committed rape on the victim/respondent No.2 on several occasions without her consent after giving false promise of marriage from 13.08.2021 to 31.01.2025. It is further alleged that the applicant induced the respondent No. 2/victim and obtained Rs. 7,00,000/- and gold ornaments worth Rs. 3,00,000/- after giving a false promise of marriage and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.M.P. Ashok Kumar, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri.Firoz K.M., and Smt.M.K. Pushpalatha, the learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has bee