O R D E R

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

2. Petitioner is the 1^st accused in Crime No.858/2025 of Nedumkandam Police Station registered for the offences punishable under Sections 296 (b), 126(2), 115(2), 74, 76, 351(2) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. According to the prosecution, the accused had, on

05.08.2025, assaulted the defacto complainant and others after blocking the autorickshaw in which the defacto complainant was travelling and thereby committed the offences alleged.

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

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has been falsely arrayed as an accused and that he has no involvement in the alleged crime.

6. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application and submitted that custodial interrogation is essential.

7. The petitioner is alleged to have assaulted the defacto complainant and abused her. However, there is a history to the said crime as Crime No.738/2025 of Santhanpara Police Station, registered against the employer of the