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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
ABID @ AABIN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
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| 1. application seeks pre-arrest bail under bnss. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court observes delay in complaint initiation and potential embellishment of accusations. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
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 No.1 in Crime No.1265/2025 of Ayiroor Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section s 64 , 88, 137(2) and 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023, Section 66E of the Information Technology Act , 2008 and Section s 3 read with 4, 5(l) and 14 read with 15 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant sexually assaulted the victim since she was 17 years old on several occasions, pretending love, also misappropriated gold and cash belonging to her and thereby committed the offences.
4. I went through the FIS. Even though the act of sexual assault commenced while the victim was aged 17 years, the complaint was filed and FIR was registered after five years, i.e., on 08.10.2025.
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