ORDER

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 accused No.1 in Crime No.412/2025 of Nattukal Police Station, Palakkad District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 112 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 30.10.2025 at 2 pm, at a place called Alanallur, the applicant along with the other accused persons with an intention to extort money illegally, formed a group and extorted money and received it into his bank account illegally.

4. I have heard Sri. P. Jayaram, 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 act