Court allows bail when continued detention is not required due to completion of investigation.

O R D E R

This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ) seeking regular bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.1299/2025 of Binanipuram Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126 (2), 296(b), 109, 115(2), 118(1), 118(2) and 351(3) r/w Section

3(5) of the BNS, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicants due to previous animosity towards the defacto complainant and with the intention to kill him, on 25.12.2025 at 12.10 a.m., called the defacto complainant into Thandirikkal colony by phone, accused No.1 used abusive words against him and criminally intimidated and threatened that he would kill him and beat him with a granite stone on the left side of his forehead, applicant No.2 wrongfully restrained him from back side and applicant No.1 repeatedly beat him on the different parts of his body due BAIL APPL. NO. 14883 OF 2025 to which the defacto complainant sustained fracture on the left side of his forehead, he also sustained bleeding on his head and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.C.Y.Vinod Kumar, the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicants with the alleged crime; hence, they are entitled to bail. On the other hand, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor submitted that the alleged incident occurred as a part of the intentional criminal acts of the applicants, and they are not entitled to bail at this stage.

6. The applicants were remanded to judicial custody on

26.12.2025. The investigation is almost over. The recovery has been effected. For these reasons, I do not find any reason to hold that the continued detention of the applicants is required for any BAIL APPL. NO. 14883 OF 2025 purpose. Hence, the applicants are entitled to be released on bail.

In the result, the application is allowed on the following conditions: -

(i) The applicants shall be released on bail on executing a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only) each with two solvent sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional Magistrate/Court.

(ii) The applicants shall fully co-operate with the investigation.

(iii) The applicants shall appear before the investigating officer between 10.00 a.m and 11.00 a.m every Saturday until further orders. They shall also appear before the investigating officer as and when required.

(iv) The applicants shall not commit any offence of a like nature while on bail.

(v) The applicants shall not attempt to contact any of the prosecution witnesses, directly or through any other person, or BAIL APPL. NO. 14883 OF 2025 in any other way try to tamper with the evidence or influence any witnesses or other persons related to the investigation.

(vi) The applicants shall not leave the State of Kerala without the permission of the trial Court.

(vii) The application, if any, for deletion/modification of the bail conditions or cancellation of bail on the grounds of violating the bail conditions shall be filed at the jurisdictional court.

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