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. 1 in Crime No.1790 of

2025 of Sasthamcotta Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram. The offences alleged against the petitioner and the other accused are punishable under Sections 3 29 (3), 118(1), 118(2), 74 and 3(5)

and Section 62 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

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

“..on 14.10.2025 at 5.15 a.m., two persons had come on a motorcycle wearing helmet and brutally assaulted the complainant and his wife with steel rods..” [sic].

4. The case of the petitioner is that there are no credible materials to show that involvement of the petitioner and the other accused in the crime.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the Senior learned Public Prosecutor.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner relied on the order dated 19.11.2025 in Crl.M.C.No.2867/2025 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Kollam, in the application seeking anticipatory bail by accused No.2, in support of his contentions. The case of the petitioner is that he has been arrayed as an accused based