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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 applicants are the accused Nos. 1 and 2 in Crime No.1063/2025 of Kumarakom Police Station, Kottayam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126(2), 296 (b), 115 (2), 118 (1), 118 (2) and 351 (3) r/w Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that due to the prior animosity towards the defacto complainant, on 29/09/2025 at about 9:00 p.m., while he was returning home after work, the applicant No.2 caught hold of his neck, brought his neck near the petrol tank, and hit him from behind multiple times. Meanwhile, the applicant No.1 placed a knife to his neck and hit him on his left shoulder and left muscle portion, causing a fracture and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.N.K.Shyju, the learned counsel for the applicants and Smt.V.Sreeja, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The counsel fur