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.1 in Crime No.1039/2025 of Medical College Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2) and 118(1) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 25.12.2025, while the defacto complainant and his friend Jibish were returning home after a meeting at Thali, Kozhikode, a car with registration number KL 11 BL 7955, driven by the applicant, hit the rear of the motorcycle the defacto complainant was riding near Puthiyara. The defacto complainant continued the journey without pursuing the matter; however, the applicant and other accused persons intercepted them at Pottammal Junction. The applicant, who was driving the car, stabbed the defacto complainant's friend in the face with a key, kicked the defacto complainant, stabbed the right side of the defacto complainant's head with a key, punched the defacto complainant in the face with a clenched fist. Both individuals sustained injuries in the incide