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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 in Crime No. 1295/2025 of Kumarakom Police Station, Kottayam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 118(1) of the Kerala Police Act , Section s 6 & 24 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade And Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and Section 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant was found in possession of 14295 packets of Hans, a prohibited tobacco product, kept in his rented home, which is owned by Smt. Rahmat, W/o. Safarulla, Chericka louse, Killirorr Kara at Thiruvarppu Village at 6:15 p.m., on 29/11/2025. It is further alleged that the applicant has kept the same for distribution among school children. The de- facto complainant, with bonafide belief that the applicant has kept tobacco product in his house at Ambakuzhi Bhagom, Thiruvarpu Village conducted a search in the house and seized 19374 packets of Hans and 2816 packets of cool lips and Rs.