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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 4397

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
ANIL KUMAR – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SHRI.PRAVEEN S., SMT.AJISHA M.S.
For the Respondents: SMT.SREEJA V., SR. PP

Table of Content
1. court finds it apt to grant bail based on a lack of evidence and no prior criminal antecedents. (Para 1 , 6)
2. the applicants are accused of forming an unlawful assembly and causing injuries. (Para 2)
3. counsel arguments reflect innocence claims versus prosecution’s assertion of intentional crime. (Para 4 , 5)

ORDER

This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-

arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 3 to 6 in Crime No.1134/2025 of Santhanpara Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 110, 74, r/w 3(5), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ), 2023.

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

21.12.2025, at about 3.30 pm, the applicants along with the accused No.2 formed themselves into an unlawful assembly in front of the SNDP Branch office, Pooppara and in furtherance of their common object, manhandled the President of the said branch and also the de-facto complainant Sri.Suresh and another aged lady Smt.Omana and uttered obscene words to them. It is further alleged that they caused hurt to t

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