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.3 in Crime No.1842/2025 of Irinjalakuda Police Station, Thrissur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 288 r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ( BNS ) and Section 4 (b) of the Explosive Substances Act , 1908.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 13.12.2025 at about 03:30 hours, due to political animosity towards the de facto complainant, accused Nos. 1 to 3, being the BJP activists, set fire to the explosive substances (10 Gundu) and accused No.1 threw the same to the residential compound of the de facto complainant, and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri. Nireesh Mathew, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. Sreeja V, 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 entitle