ORDER

This Bail Application is filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short ' BNSS ').

2. The petitioner herein is the sole accused in Crime No.1351 of 2025 of Thalayolaparambu Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 63 (a), 63(d), 63(vi), 64, 75(l)(ii), 75(2), 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 4 (1) r/w 3(a), 6(l) r/w 5(j)(ii), 5(i) and 8 r/w 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012.

3. The prosecution case is that, the accused raped the victim, aged 17 years, on a day after 05.05.2025 and on another day after three days, at his brother's room in the house at Velloor Panchayath and impregnated her. Thus, the accused allegedly committed the above offences.

4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned counsel for the defacto complainant and the learned Senior Public Prosecutor.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is totally innocent of the allegations levelled against him. According to the learned counsel, the petitioner and the defacto complainant were in thick love and the allegation that, she is a minor is absolutely basel