ORDER

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 to 3 in Crime No.740/2025 of Mangalam Dam Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126(2) [341 IPC ], 115(2) [323 ], 118(1)[324 ], 76[354B ], 333[452 ], 324(5) [Mischief], 351(2)[506 ], 329(4) [448 ] read with Section 3(5) [34 ] of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the crime is registered on the allegation that on 11.12.2025 at about 9:30 a.m., accused Nos. 1 to 3 allegedly trespassed into the house of the defacto complainant. It is alleged that the accused No.1 took a chair from the sit-out and struck the defacto complainant on his left shoulder. When the mother-in-law of the defacto complainant attempted to intervene, she allegedly sustained injuries and her nighty was torn. It is further alleged that the infant child who was in the arms of the mother-in-law also sustained injuries during the incident. The defacto complainant further alleges that the accused No.1 was carrying a knife and a stick tuc