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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 No.2 in Crime No.409/2012 of Keezhvaipur Police Station, Pathanamthitta District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 302 , 120(B), 397, 394, 364, 342, 449 and 109 r/w Section 34 of the IPC .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 04.07.2012, the applicant along with other accused persons trespassed into the premises of Sri Kallooppara Devi Temple with the intention to commit theft of gold ornaments, assaulted the security personnel, committed the murder of a local resident, stole gold ornaments from the sanctum sanctorum, and thereafter escaped from the scene and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Anandhu Satheesh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.C.K.Suresh, the learned Special Government Pleader. 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 applicant with the alleged