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.43/2025 of Poochakkal Police Station, Alappuzha District. The offence alleged is punishable underSection 380of the IPC (Section 305(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant committed theft of 35 sovereigns of gold ornaments and Rs.30,000/- belonging to the defacto complainant and her daughter between 23.10.2022 and 16.11.2024 and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Smt.T.T.Shaniba, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A.Noushad, 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, she 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