ORDER

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.1220/2025 of Taliparamba Police Station, Kannur District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 318 (4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant, with the dishonest intention of cheating, made the defacto complainant believe that if a deposit was made in the jewellery business of the accused, she would get a high profit and, by using that profit, a house would be purchased for her, and accordingly received Rs. 2,00,000/- directly on 12.12.2024 and Rs. 7,00,000/- on 16.12.2024 through account transfer. The applicant has neither returned the money nor purchased a house for her. Thus, the applicant is alleged to have committed the offence alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.K.M. Jamaludheen, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A. Noushad, the learned 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 present case. The co