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 sole accused in Crime No.1087/2025 of Vattappara Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296(b), 126(2), 115(2), 121(1) and 324(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

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

6.11.2025 at about 11.15 am, near Pallivila Junction, while the defacto complainant was getting off the passengers from the KSRTC bus, the applicant opened the door of the driver seat and entered the bus, thereafter uttered obscene words against the defacto complainant and fisted him on his right side of chest. When the defacto complainant closed the door, the applicant again forcefully opened the door and pulled out the defacto complainant from the driver's seat and thereby deterred him from discharging his official duties. It is alleged that, due to the cancellation of the trip, the KSRTC sustained a loss of ₹16,000/-.

4. I have heard Sri. R. Nikhil, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C. Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Pe