Court grants bail under BNSS, asserting no justification for continued detention.

O R D E R

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 accused in Crime No.714/2025 of Mankara Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126 (2), 118(1), 296 and 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ), 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 06.12.2025 at about 10.00 pm, while the defacto complainant along with his friends were consuming alcohol in the house of their friend Shyam at Kamba, the applicant stabbed on the abdomen and chest of the defacto complainant with an intention to kill him and thereby committed offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Arun Ashok , 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. On the other hand, the learned Public Prosecutor submitted that the alleged incident occurred as a part of the intentional criminal acts of the applicant, and he is not entitled to bail at this stage.

6. The applicant was remanded to judicial custody on

09.12.2025. The investigation is almost over. The recovery has already been effected. For these reasons, I do not find any reason to hold that the continued detention of the applicant is required for any purpose. Hence, the applicant is entitled to be released on bail.

In the result, the application is allowed on the following conditions: -

(i) The applicant shall be released on bail on executing a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only) with two solvent sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Magistrate/Court.

(ii) The applicant shall fully co-operate with the investigation.

(iii) The applicant shall appear before the investigating officer between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m. every Saturday until further orders. He shall also appear before the investigating officer as and when required.

(iv) The applicant shall not commit any offence of a like nature while on bail.

(v) The applicant shall not attempt to contact any of the prosecution witnesses, directly or through any other person, or in any other way try to tamper with the evidence or influence any witnesses or other persons related to the investigation.

(vi) The applicant shall not leave the State of Kerala without the permission of the trial Court.

(vii) The application, if any, for deletion/modification of the bail conditions or cancellation of bail on the grounds of violating the bail conditions shall be filed at the jurisdictional court.

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DR.KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, JUDGE AS APPENDIX OF BAIL APPL. NO. 165 OF 2026 PETITIONER ANNEXURES ANNEXURE A1 A TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO 714 OF 2025 OF THE MANKARA POLICE STATION DATED 07-12-2025 ANNEXURE A2 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER PASSED IN CRL MC NO. 5403/ 2025 ON THE FILE OF THE HON’BLE COURT OF SESSIONS, PALAKKAD, DATED 05-01-2026