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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.1196/2025 of Mulamthuruthy Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3 29 (3), 115(2), 118(1), 126(2) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

29.10.2025 at 04:15 p.m., the applicant trespassed into the property of the defacto complainant, assaulted him with a knife and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri. N.A. Shafeek, 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 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. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, submitted that the alleged incident occurred as part of the applicant's intentional criminal acts,