ORDER

This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ) seeking regular bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.32/2026 of Poovar Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 115(2), 118(1), 118(2) and 109(1) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 (for short ‘ BNS ’).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 11.01.2026 at around 09:00 a.m. at Kanjampazhinji in Poovar Village, due to previous animosity, the applicants are alleged to have verbally abused and assaulted the informant and his brother, wherein applicant No.1 is alleged to have used a brick and thereby committed the aforementioned offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Nikhil Sankar S., the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.K.A.Noushad, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have b