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 accused No.3 in Crime No.319/2025 of Erattupettah Police Station, Kottayam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3 16 (2) and

318(4) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that accused Nos.1 and 2 took the car of the defacto complainant bearing No. KL35-H-8629 for temporary use on 6-11-2024 with a promise that the same will be returned on 5-2-2025 in good condition and that the promise was breached thereby causing loss of Rs.6 lakhs to the defacto-complainant. Initially, the applicant was not arraigned as accused. After the arrest of the accused No.1, he revealed that he had financial transactions with the applicant and had pledged the vehicle of the defacto complainant with the applicant and the applicant is now arraigned as an accused. 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 submitted that the a