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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 applicant is the accused in Crime No.1630/2025 of Ernakulam Central Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 318 (4) and

316(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the defacto complainant had pledged 13 sovereigns of gold ornaments in Nelco Finance in her name as well as in the name of her friends. The applicant, in order to cause wrongful loss to the defacto complainant and wrongful gain to himself misappropriated the gold ornaments. On 24.08.2024, when the defacto complainant went to Nelco Finance for closing the loan and taking back the ornaments, the applicant stated that there was delay in the payment of interest and the gold ornaments were not returned and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Ramshad K.R., the learned counsel for the applicant and Smt.V.Sreeja, 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