ORDER

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

2. Petitioners are accused 2 to 4 in Crime No.2124 of 2025 of Kilimanoor Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 3 32 (c), 115(2), 118(1) and 110, r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case is that on 19.09.2025, at about 4 p.m., accused Nos. 1 to 6 trespassed into the shop room run by the defacto complainant and thereafter, accused Nos. 1 to 3 hit the defacto complainant with chairs, causing injuries. When the nephew of the defacto complainant intervened, accused Nos.4 to 6 assaulted him with an iron rod and chairs and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have been falsely arrayed as accused and have no involvement in the alleged crime.

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

6. Petitioners are alleged to have, along with the first accused trespassed into the shop room of the defacto complainant and assaulted him. Th