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Bail Appl. Nos.271/2026 & 283/2026 These applications are filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS )

seeking regular bail.

2. The applicants in B.A. No.271/2026 are accused Nos.4 and 5 and the applicant in B.A. No.283/2026 is accused No.6 in Crime No.1539/2025 of Kalamassery Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 3 40 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ; Sections 3 and 12(1A) of the Passports Act, 1967 and Section 21 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons, being nationals of Bangladesh, were found staying in India from 2022 up to 23.12.2025 without any proper travelling documents, entered the country through illegal immigration and also obtained false Indian identity documents and thereby committed the aforementioned offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Saurav B., the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present c