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This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.1138/2025 of Vallikunnam Police Station, Alappuzha District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3 32 (b), 64, 64(2)(f) and 64(2)(m) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNS ’) and Sections 4 (2) read with Section 3 (a), Section 6 read with Section 5 (l)(n) and Section 12 read with Section 11 (iv) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short ‘PoCSO Act’).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant repeatedly committed rape and penetrative sexual assault on the victim and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Prasanth S.R., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.U. Jayakrishnan, the learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail.