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This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.610/2025 of New Mahe Police Station, Kannur District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘BNS’).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 05.08.2025 at

12 p.m., while the defacto complainant was walking through the road towards her brother’s house, the applicant came on a scooter and snatched her gold chain of 3 sovereigns from her neck near Oniyan School Balavadi at Kodiyeri. Thereby, the applicant has committed the above offence.

4. I have heard Sri.P.Mohamed Sabah, 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 has been in custody since 09.08.2025 and the grounds of arrest were not communicated in accordance with law at the time of his arrest. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor on the other hand opposed the bail application and submitted that the grounds of arrest were duly c