O R D E R

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 O.R. No.95/2025 of Kattakkada Excise Range Office, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 8 (1) and

8(2) of the Kerala Abkari Act .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant was found in possession of 5 litres of illicit arrack at a room attached to his house in contravention of the Abkari Act and Rules and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.L.D.Lijoroy, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A.Noushad, 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 present case. 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, on the other hand, submitted that the alleged incident occurred as part of the applicant's intentional criminal acts, and if he is released on bail at