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Dated this the 27^th day of January, 2026 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 in Crime No.989/2025 of Palode Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 288 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant, who was holding a firecracker manufacturing license, unauthorizedly, carelessly, and without taking any adequate safety arrangements, stored explosives in the temporary shed, situated at Perayam. While so, on 11.11.2025 at about 9.45 am, the explosive substances got exploded, and the workers in the shed were severely injured in the incident. Thus, the applicant committed the aforesaid offences.

4. I have heard Sri. Nandagopal S.Kurup, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt. Sreeja.V,