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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 accused No.3 in Crime No.1008/2024 of Konni Police Station, Pathanamthitta District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3 33 , 127(2), 115(2), 64(1), 351(2), 62, 74 read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 20.12.2024, at about 10:30 pm, the accused along with the applicant trespassed into the rented residence of the defacto complainant at Anakuzhy, Iravon Village, and committed rape on her. The applicant is further alleged to have snatched her mobile phone and attempted to call her employer.

4. I have heard Sri.Antony Paul , the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. On the other hand, the