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

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.943/2025 of Guruvayur Temple Police Station, Thrissur District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 64 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant subjected his relative, the defacto complainant, to forcible sexual intercourse at 11.30 p.m. on 14.09.2025 in a lodge at Guruvayur after extending a false promise to marry and promising her that he will retract from the marriage fixed for him and thereby committed the aforementioned offence.

4. I have heard Sri.C.G.Raj Kumar, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A.Noushad, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is entitled to bail. The learned Senior Public Prosecutor, on the other hand, submitted t