ORDER

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.702/2025 of Ottapalam Police Station, Palakkad District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 192 and 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 24.03.2025, while the police was conducting social media patrolling, it was found that the applicant posted a provocative comment from his facebook ID, which could cause a riot in the society and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Krishna Raj, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C.Ashi, 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 above crime. 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 occurred as part of the applicant's intentional criminal