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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
JOPPY – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. application of section 482 for bail regarding prior animosity and alleged assault. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. arguments presented by counsel regarding innocence and necessity of bail. (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. court's assessment of the seriousness of allegations and the investigation stage. (Para 6 , 7) |
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 sole accused in Crime No.742/2025 of Karimannoor Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 115 (2), 118(2), 126 (2) and 296(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023. 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that due to prior animosity, the applicant assaulted the defacto complainant on 30.09.2025 at about 10 a.m. with his bare hand and when the defacto complainant blocked the assault of the applicant, the applicant assaulted the defacto complainant with a plastic chair lying in front of a tea shop, which caused fracture to the left hand of the defacto complainant and thereby committed the above offences.
4. I have heard Sri.Latheesh Sebastian, the learned counsel for the applicant a
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