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This application is filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.3, 4, 5 and 6 in Crime No.924/2025 of Mangalapuram Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 333, 296(b), 74, 118(1) and 110 r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 01.08.2025 at around 11.30 p.m., accused Nos.1 to 6 trespassed into the residence of the defacto complainant, situated in Andoorkonam Village, and assaulted the defacto complainant and his in-laws. It is alleged that the accused No.1 uttered abusive words against the defacto complainant and by using a chopper, hacked him towards his head and right hand, inflicting injuries. Thereafter, the accused No.2 beat the defacto complainant all over his person, using an iron rod. When the wife, father-in- law and mother-in-law of the defacto complainant intervened, the accused abused them, pushed them down, kicked them and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Navaneeth N. Nath, the learned counsel for the applicants