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.858/2025 of Parappanagadi Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act , Section s 9 (l), 9(m) and 9(n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant who is the father of the victim boy aged 11 years, sexually assaulted him on few occasions at their house in the year 2021 and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri. Navaneeth N. Nath, 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 above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, submitted that the alleged i