ORDER

This application is filed underSection 482of theBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023(for short, BNSS ), seeking pre- arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.5 and 6 in Crime No.312/2025 of Erattupettah Police Station, Kottayam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Section 288 r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that in furtherance of their common intention to illegally possess explosive substances like detonators, fuses, etc., the accused persons stocked 18,999 detonators, 2,604 gelatin sticks, 3,350 safety fuses, and one air gun in the shop rooms, and thereby committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.John Sebastian Ralph V., the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.M.C. Ashi, the learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicants with the alleged crime; hence, they are entitled to get bail. The