ORDER

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

2. The applicant is the accused No.7 in O.R. No.01/2025 of Akampadam Forest Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 27 (1)(e)(iv) of theKerala Forest Act, 1961, Sections 2(16), 9, 29 and 39(1) of theWild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, andSection 3(1) r/w Section 25(B)(a) of theArms Act, 1959.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant, along with others, trespassed into the reserve forest, hunted a sambar deer, transported the venison for sale and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Sarath M.S., the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt. Sreeja V., 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 present case. 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 that the alleged incident occ