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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 sole accused in Crime No.2034/2025 of Muvattupuzha Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 316 (2), 318(4), 336 (3) and 340 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution allegation levelled against the applicant is that the applicant with intention to cheat the de facto complainant had availed a total sum of Rs.35,90,000/- stating that a landed property of one Mr. Saju Jacob shall be sold to the de facto complainant and committed offences punishable under Section 316 (2) and Section 318 (4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha, 2023.

4. I have heard Sri.R.Mahesh Menon, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri.Balram S.A., the learned counsel for the respondent No.2 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 a