ORDER

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 accused No.20 in Crime No.743/2024 of Peechi Police Station, Thrissur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126 (2), 137(2), 310(2), and 111(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

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

25.09.2024 at about 11.15 hours, the accused Nos. 1 to 12 along with the remaining accused came in three cars from NH 544 while the defacto complainant was travelling in a car bearing registration No.KL-01 BN 6383 along with his friend Roji Thomas. When they reached near Kallidukku Service Road, an Innova car used by the accused blocked the car of the defcto complainant and thereafter two other cars blocked the car of the defacto complainant from the back side and left side. Thereafter, the defacto complainant and his friend were abducted, physically assaulted, threatened by showing a knife and the accused had stolen 2630 grams of gold ornaments in the possession of the defacto complainant having a value of ₹1,84,00,000/- and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard