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.2 in Crime No.1506/2025 of Kallambalam Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 78, 329(3) and 351(2) read with Section 3 (5) of the BNS and Sections 3 and 17 of the Kerala Money Lenders Act, 1958 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the mother of the defacto complainant had borrowed some money from the applicant and the same was repaid. The applicant along with other accused with a common intention to have unlawful enrichment were repeatedly demanding exorbitant interest for the money borrowed. On 14.12.2025, the applicant along with other co-accused visited the residence of Vishnu at Kollam with whom the marriage of the defacto complainant was fixed, made false comment defaming the family members of the defacto complainant, threatened them that if they proceed with the alliance they will attack the above said Vishnu and cause hindrance during the marriage. The accused had also threatened the defacto complainant and her family members that if the