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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.2 in Crime No.1796/2025 of Kattappana Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3 18(4) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNS ’)

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused, with dishonest intention, induced the defacto complainant by falsely assuring her that a nursing admission in Kerala would be secured for her daughter. Believing the said assurance, the defacto complainant paid an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs only) on 29.09.2025 from her husband's account No.14260100263130 maintained at Federal Bank, Kattappana, and a further sum of Rs.40,000/- on 30.10.2025 from her account No.427702010017154 maintained at Union Bank, Thankamani, and thus a total amount of Rs.2,40,000/- was transferred to accused No.1’s account No.0079053000020151 maintained at South Indian Bank, Thiruvalla. After receiving the said amount, the accused failed to secure the admission as promised, also failed to return the money and thereb