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.574/2025 of Pandikkad Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 85 , 316(2), 115(2), 118(1), 117(2) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 03.12.2020, the applicant married the defacto complainant and while living together as husband and wife, on 27-03-2025, the applicant physically tortured the defacto complainant after misappropriating her gold and also by demanding more dowry. Thus, the applicant committed the above said offences.

4. I have heard Sri. K. Rakesh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt. M.K. Pushpalatha, 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 Senior