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

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.97/2025 of Kunnathunadu Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 6 4 (1), 64(2)(f)(m), 65(1), 74, 75, 76, 115(2), 118(1), and 126(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 , Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Section 4 (1)(2) read with Section 3 (a) and Section 6 (1) read with Section 5 (l)(n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) Act, 2012.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant committed penetrative sexual assault repeatedly on the victim, aged 15 years, who is none other than his daughter, and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.Aneesh K.R., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for