ORDER :

KAUSER EDAPPAGATH, J.

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

2. The applicant is accused No.3 in Crime No.109/2025 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram City. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 78(1)(ii) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short ‘the BNS’); Section 67B of the Information Technology Act , 2000, and Section 14 read with Section 13 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) Act, 2012.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that a minor girl aged 12 years, while using her father’s mobile phone, downloaded the Snapchat application and began interacting with several users, including one identified as “Jinhwa” (accused No.1, namely Ishan). It is alleged that he exchanged photogr