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Dated this the 16^th day of January, 2026 This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.767/2025 of Maradu Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 64 , 64(2)(m) and 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant had sexual intercourse with the victim on various occasions at different places between February, 2024 and July, 2024 after giving false promise of marriage. It is further alleged that the victim became pregnant, she was forcibly taken to a clinic by the applicant and aborted the pregnancy.

4. I have heard Smt. Dhanya S Nair, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior 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 above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. The learned Sen