ORDER

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

2. The applicant is the accused in Crime No.353/2024 of Adoor Police Station, Pathanamthitta District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 420 of the IPC . 3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant with intention to deceive the defacto complainant and his friends during the period between 7.01.2020 and 30.11.2020 received ₹29,10,000/- by falsely promising them job at Indian Railway, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore and Government institutions at Chennai. Thereafter, the applicant failed to keep his promise and also failed to return the money received by him and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Sri. A Rajasimhan, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. K.A. Noushad, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitte