ORDER

This bail application is filed under section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNSS ’).

2. Petitioner is the accused in Crime No.1774/2025 of Vizhinjam Police Station registered for the offences punishable under Section 8 r/w Section 7, Section 10 r/w Section 9(p) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012 apart from Section 75 (1)(i) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case is that, accused had on 19.10.2025 sexually assaulted a minor girl aged 12 years while she was travelling in an autorickshaw driven by the accused and thereby committed the offences alleged.Petitioner was arrested on 19.10.2025 and he has been in custody since then.

4. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned Counsel for the petitioner contended that the prosecution allegations are false and that since petitioner has been in custody from

19.10.2025, he ought to be released on bail.

6. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and submitted that petitioner ought not to be released on bail.

7. Petitioner is alleged to have with sexual intent groped the victim by c