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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 accused No.2 in Crime No.403/2024 of Adimaly Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 449 , 302, 394 and

201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 13.04.2024 at 5:00 p.m., with the intent to murder Pathumma, the defacto complainant’s mother, and steal gold and a mobile phone, the accused arrived at the house of Pathumma, an old woman aged 73 years, located in Adimali Karayal Bhagavathikkunnu, Mannamakandam Village, Adimali Grama Panchayat, VII/150(1) Number, Neduvellikizhakeethu. Accused No.1 requested water and then criminally trespassed into Pathumma's house and restrained Pathumma in the living room, and the applicant, using a kerchief, gagged her and forcibly dragged her from the kitchen to the bedroom. The applicant continued to restrain her with the kerchief while the accused No.1 used a knife to slit Pathumma’s throat, killing her. Subsequently, they stole a 16.400 gram gold chain lying around her neck, a