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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.271/2024 of Kadavanthra Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections

376, 376(2)(n), 354 & 323 of the IPC .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant had sexual intercourse with the victim/respondent No.3 from 2021 to 2023 after giving a false promise of marriage and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.K.Rakesh, the learned counsel for the applicant, Smt.Mereena J. Joseph, the learned counsel for respondent No.3 and Smt.V.Sreeja, 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 Public Prosecutor as well as the learned counsel for the respondent No.3, on the other hand, submitted that the alleged incident occurred a