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.364/2024 of Cheruthuruthy Police Station, Thrissur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 406 , 420, 376(2)

(n), 316, 323, 354C and 506 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 02.01.2023, the applicant, on a promise of marriage, invited the de-facto complainant to Thrissur and took her to hotel named “Sreeraj Residency” at Amala Nagar, Adatt Grama Panchayat, where he had sexual intercourse with her. It is further alleged that on 03.10.2023 and on several subsequent days thereafter, the applicant performed sexual acts with the de-facto complainant at her rented flat situated at Vallathol Nagar Grama Panchayat. It is also alleged that when the de-facto complainant became pregnant, the applicant forced her to terminate the pregnancy. It is further alleged that the applicant misappropriated her gold ornaments and money, assaulted her, took her nude photographs and threatened her with dire consequences. Thus, the applicant is alleged to