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This bail application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’)

seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.1 in Crime No.826 of 2025 of Peramangalam Police Station, Thrissur. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 420 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant had collected Rs.61,000/- from the defacto complainant promising her to be provided with scooter on a 50% subsidy through an institution namely National Congress Community Development Initiative and assured that the articles will be supplied without delay. However, after collecting the amounts from the defacto complainant, the applicant failed to supply the scooter or return the amounts collected and thereby committed the offence alleged.

4. Heard Sri.C.Harikumar, the learned Counsel for the applicant and Smt. M.K.Pushpalatha, learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the prosecution allegations are false and that the applicant has been falsely arrayed as an accused.

6. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor opposed the bail applica