ORDER

This application is filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking regular bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No.1352/2025 of Koothattukulam Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 64 (2)(f), 64(2)(m) and 65 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 4 , 3(a), 6, 5(l), 5(m), 5(n), 8, 7, 10, 9(l), 9(m) and 9(n) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Amended), 2012, 2019.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant who is the relative of the minor victim, sexually assaulted her several times right from 2019 till January, 2025 and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Abraham Thomas (Puthuran), the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A.Noushad, 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. On the other hand, the learned