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These four bail applications are connected and hence they are disposed of by a common order. They are filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. All these bail applications pertain to Crime No.10 of 2026 of Panangad Police Station, Ernakulam District. Accused Nos. 1, 5 and 6 are the applicants in B.A.No.564 of 2026, accused No.2 is the applicant in B.A.No.563 of 2026, accused Nos. 3 and 4 are the applicants in B.A.No.577 of 2026 and accused No.9 is the applicant in B.A.No.608 of 2026.

3. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 296(b), 329(4) and 333 of theBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

4. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicants along with other accused persons inflicted bodily injury to the defacto complainant, criminally trespassed into his house and brought the defacto complainant out of his house. Further he was assaulted using a stone covered with a cloth. His parents intervened and the other accused persons pushed them down and kicked them. Accused Nos. 2 to 10 also assaulted the defacto complainant and thereby committed the offences.

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