ORDER

This application is 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.500/2025 of Peroorkkada Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 4 r/w Section 3 (a), Section 6 r/w Section 5 (n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, PoCSO Act).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant on 10.02.2025, compelled a minor boy aged 14 years to perform oral sex and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.R.Sunil Kumar, 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 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, he is entitled to bail. On the other hand, the learned S