The court emphasized the necessity of balancing rights against investigation integrity when granting pre-arrest bail.

O R D E R

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.3 in Crime No.1004/2025 of Sreekaryam Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 115 (2), 118 (1), 109 (1) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that at 10.15 pm on

09/11/2025, the applicant along with the remaining accused with intention to assault and murder the defacto complainant, assaulted him with dangerous weapons causing him serious injuries and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Shajin S.Hameed, the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.Sreeja V., 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 above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. The learned Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, submitted that the alleged incident occurred as part of the applicant's intentional criminal acts, and if he is released on bail at this stage, it will affect the course of the investigation.

6. I went through the FIS. It is true that the defacto complainant sustained serious injuries. However, there are no serious allegations against the applicant. It was the accused No.2, who used the weapon and caused serious injury to the defacto complainant. The applicant came to the scene at a later point of time. The parties are close relatives. The applicant does not have any criminal antecedents. Considering the allegations made against the applicant, his custodial interrogation seems unnecessary. For these reasons, I find this to be an appropriate case to grant pre-arrest bail to the applicant.

In the result, the application is allowed on the following conditions:-

(i) The applicant shall be released on bail in the event of his arrest on executing a bond for Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One lakh only) with two solvent sureties for the like sum each to the satisfaction of the arresting officer/investigating officer, as the case may be.

(ii) The applicant shall fully cooperate with the investigation, including subjecting himself to the deemed police custody for discovery, if any, as and when demanded.

(iii) The applicant shall appear before the investigating officer between 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. every Saturday until further orders. He shall also appear before the investigating officer as and when required.

(iv) The applicant shall not commit any offence of a like nature while on bail.

(v) The applicant shall not attempt to contact any of the prosecution witnesses, directly or through any other person, or in any other way try to tamper with the evidence or influence any witnesses or other persons related to the investigation.

(vi) The applicant shall not leave the State of Kerala without the permission of the trial Court.

(vii) The application, if any, for deletion/modification of bail conditions or cancellation of bail on the grounds of violating the bail conditions shall be filed at the jurisdictional court.

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DR.KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, JUDGE AS APPENDIX OF BAIL APPL. NO. 39 OF 2026 PETITIONER ANNEXURES ANNEXURE-A TRUE COPY OF THE FIR IN CRIME NO.1004/2025 OF SREEKARYAM POLICE STATION.

ANNEXURE-B TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 15/12/2025 IN CRL.M.C.NO.3589/2025 OF THE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT-II, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.