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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 accused No.4 in Crime No.637/2025 of Kunnamangalam Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section s 127 (2), 309(4) and 309(6) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNS ’).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that accused No.1, having established a friendship with the defacto complainant, along with accused Nos.2 to 4, acted with common intention to commit the crime. They lured the defacto complainant to a house at Vellarukunnummal, Madavur Amsom, stripped him naked and took photos. Then they forcibly seized his phone and transferred Rs.1,35,000/- via Google Pay to the number of accused No.1. Subsequently, they extorted an additional sum of Rs.10,000/- via a friend’s Google Pay and demanded more money by threatening to send the naked videos to his family.

4. I have heard Sri.K.Rakesh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.Sreeja V., the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant