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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 1098

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
JOSE MANUEL – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
BAIL APPL. NO. 14839 OF 2025|BAIL APPL. NO. 14817 OF 2025|CRIME NO.781/2025



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SHRI.K.ARAVIND MENON, SRI.P.M.RAFIQ, SRI.AJEESH K.SASI, SRI.M.REVIKRISHNAN, SRUTHY N. BHAT, SMT.SRUTHY K.K, SHRI.AARON ZACHARIAS BENNY, SRI.P.VIJAYA BHANU (SR.)
For the Respondents: SMT. M.K.PUSHPALATHA-SR.PP, SRI.U.JAYAKRISHNAN-PP

Court determined that all alleged offences are bailable, eliminating the possibility of arrest.

Headnote:This bail application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking pre-arrest bail for the accused in Crime No.781/2025. The court found that all alleged offences were bailable, leading to the closure of the applications. The key issues revolved around the nature of the charges and the apprehension of arrest.

Table of Content
1. filing for pre-arrest bail under the bnss. (Para 1 , 2)
2. public prosecutor's submission regarding bailability. (Para 3 , 5)
3. closure of bail applications due to bailable nature. (Para 6)

ORDER

[Bail Appl. Nos.14839/2025 and 14817/2025]

These applications are filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.781/2025 of Ernakulam South Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section s 126 (2), 115(2), 296, 351(1), 324(4), 324(5) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNS ).

3. I have heard Sri.P.Vijayabhanu, the learned Senior counsel for the applicants and Smt.M.K.Pushpalatha and Sri.U.Jayakrishnan, the learned Public Prosecutors.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned Public Prosecutors on instructions submit that all the offences alleged against the applicants are bailable in nature. Thus, there is no question of apprehension of arrest.

6. Recording the said submission, these bail applications are closed.

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