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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 applicant is the accused No.2 in Crime No.909/2025 of Payyoli Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section s 126 (2), 115(2) and 118(1) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 4 of the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act .

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

14.10.2025 at about 11.15 a.m., the accused persons, who are senior students in MHES College, Cherandathoor, wrongly restrained the de facto complainant, who is a first year B.Com student and attacked him. The accused No.1 pushed his head against a nearby glass wall, thereby breaking the glass and causing injury to the de facto complainant. Hence, the accused committed the above-

said offences.

4. I have heard Sri. Priyesh Kumar M.P., 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 imp