K.BABU, J.

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B.A No.12988 of 2025 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 20^th day of November, 2025 O R D E R This is an application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS ), 2023.

2. The petitioner is accused No.1 in Crime No.933/2025 of Edathala Police Station, Ernakulam. The offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1) and 351(3)

read with Section 3(5) of the BNS.

3. The prosecution case as narrated in Anx.A2 order reads thus:

“On 17.09.2025 at About 04.15 p.m the accused wrongfully restrained the defacto complainant, intimidated him and physically assaulted him with an iron rod causing injuries to him. (sic)”

4. The case of the petitioner as narrated in Anx.A2 order reads thus:

“The case arose out of the personal animosity between second accused student and the defacto complainant and his friends. The second petitioner is a student of Bharat Mata School of Legal Studies, Choondi Aluva. The defacto complainant along with his friends who are final year students subjected the second petitioner to ragging. They inflicted injuries to the second petitioner and cau