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Dated this the 29^th day of January, 2026 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 in Crime No.496/2025 of Thrikkakara Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 406 , 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that in order to make wrongful gain to the accused and wrongful loss to the de facto complainant on 26.08.2022, the accused, under the guise of arranging a loan of Rs.40,00,000/- to the de facto complainant, had availed two loans of Rs.40,00,000/- each, one in the name of the de facto complainant and another in the name of the accused No.3, who is the wife of the accused No.1. The document of the property handed over by the de facto complainant for arranging his loan of Rs.40,00,000/- was used for the purpose of arranging a loan in the name of accused No.3 and the amount of Rs.40,00,000/- was appropriated by them. Thus, the accused have deceived him and committed the above mentioned offences. 4. I have heard Sri. K.Jaju Babu, the learned seni