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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 applicant is the accused No.4 in Crime No.28/2024 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused impersonated as agents of “Institutional Traders” through Facebook and induced the de facto complainant to invest in IPOs by promising high returns, thereby cheated him of an amount of Rs.39,80,000/- through multiple transactions and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Balram S.A., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, 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 Senior Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, s