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This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 in Crime No.1693/2025 of Venjaramoodu Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable underSections 316(2), 318(4) and 351(2) read with 3(5) of theBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons with an intention to deceive and cheat the de facto complainant, offered to arrange job and visa at UAE Palace and thereby secured an amount of Rs.1,29,000/- from the defacto complainant from 16/03/2025 onwards through Google Pay. Further, it is alleged that a forged ticket and visa were forwarded through WhatsApp to the de-facto complainant. When the de-facto complainant demanded to return the amount, the accused criminally intimidated him and thereby committed the offence.

4. I have heard Sri. Shajin S.Hameed, the learned counsel for the applicants and Smt. V.Sreeja, 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