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Dated this the 29^th day of January, 2026 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.2 in Crime No.2093/2025 of Fort Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is as follows:-

The accused No.1 was the Assistant Manager of Alleppey Parcel Service at Attakulangara. The accused No.2 is the brother of the accused No.1. The accused persons together committed theft of clothes worth Rs.7,12,000/- from 01.04.2023 to 30.09.2025, which came to the shop where the applicant was working and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Sri. Deepak Raj, 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 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 b