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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 the accused No.1 in Crime No.1265/2025 of Ayiroor Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 64 , 88, 137(2) and 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023, Section 66E of the Information Technology Act , 2008 and Sections 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.

5. Annexure 3 is the FIR No.1468 of 2025 of Varkala Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District registered on the same day. The de facto complainant herein is the accused No.1 and the applicant herein is the accused N