ORDER

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.1 in Crime No.763/2025 of Koodal Police Station, Pathanamthitta District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 3 18 (4) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that during the period from 10.3.2023 to 6.4.2024, the applicant along with the accused No.2 obtained an amount of ₹23,44,461/- from the defacto complainant on promising that they would secure admission for the defacto complainant's daughter to medical course at Columbus Central University in Belize. The amount was transferred to an account bearing No.201003799742 of the firm namely Bridge Medical Education. The accused persons after obtaining the said amount had retracted from their promise and not repaid the amount and thereby committed the offence. 4. I have heard Sri. Gokul D. Sudhakaran, 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 appl