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 accused in Crime No.150/2025 of Excise Range Office, Kollam District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 55 (g) of the Kerala Abkari Act .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant had prepared and kept about 100 litres of wash and equipment for distillation of liquor in a building belonging to his mother in contravention of the Abkari Act and Rules.

4. I have heard Sri. C.S. Sumesh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri, K.A. Noushand, 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 present case. 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, 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