ORDER

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

2. The applicant is the accused No.1 in Crime No.7/2026 of Edakkad Police Station, Kannur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 74, 296(b) and 351(3) read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 01.01.2026 at 09.00 p.m. from the place near to Panchayat well, Ammooparamb, Edakkad, the accused No.2 assaulted the husband of the defacto complainant with hand and bamboo stick. When the defacto complainant intervened, the accused No.2 wrongfully restrained them, assaulted with hand, the applicant caught her breast and tore her maxi. When the local people Rajesh and Shinju intervened, the accused together assaulted them with bamboo stick. The accused No.2 uttered obscene words and the applicant threatened that the husband of the defacto complainant will be killed and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Aswanth P.T., the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri K.A.Noushad, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor. Perused the case