ORDER

This application is filed underSection 482of theBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre- arrest bail.

2. The applicant is the accused No.2 in Crime No.11/2023 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 420 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860 and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act , 2000.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant and other accused in furtherance of their common intention in order to cheat and to obtain unlawful gain and to cause unlawful loss to the defacto complainant, by offering online part time job and obtained an amount of Rs.12,43,200/- from her for the period from 20.10.2023 to 21.10.2023 from Federal Bank, Kumaly branch and South Indian Bank, Kumaly branch on several times. Thereafter, the accused neither provided any online part-time job nor returned the money and cheated her and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Raffeekh Kottackal, 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 appl