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This is an application seeking anticipatory bail filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No.13/2026 of Peerumedu Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable under Sections 126 (2), 118(1) and 115(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 (for short, 'the BNS ').

3. The prosecution allegation is that due to a previous animosity towards the defacto complainant, the petitioner who is the lover of the defacto complainant's husband, wrongfully restrained her on 14/1/2026 at about 3:30 pm while she was going to her job at a convent situated at Pambanar kara, through Pazhaya Pambanar road in a motorcycle which was ridden by the husband of the defacto complainant. Thereafter, the petitioner caught hold of defacto complainant's hair and assaulted her and thereby committed the aforementioned offences.

4. Heard Sri.Rohith R., the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri.K.A.Noushad, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the accusations against the petitioner are absolutely baseless. According to the