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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 5954

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DR. KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J
JOBIN JOSEPH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.MANUMON A.
For the Respondents: SRI.M.C. ASHI, SR. PP

Table of Content
1. overview of allegations against the applicant. (Para 2)
2. arguments regarding bail and implications. (Para 4 , 5)

ORDER

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

2. The applicant is the accused No.4 in Crime No.160/2025 of Athirappilly Police Station, Thrissur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 70 (1), 74, 75(1)(i) and 309(1) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘ BNS ’) and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that accused Nos. 1 to 4, acting with common intention and premeditation to sexually assault the survivor and gratify their sexual lust by committing gang rape, on 13.12.2025 at about 21:00 hours, lured the survivor by promising to arrange a rented house for her and thereafter, at about 23:00 hours on the same day, took her to a resort named Greensite at Athirappilly, where she was allegedly given water laced with MDMA to drink. Thereafter, accused Nos.1 to 3 committed gang rape on the defacto complainant, while the applicant bit her lips and caught hold

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