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 No.3 in Crime No.996/2025 of Kumaly Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 74, 126(2) and 115(2) read with Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 01.10.2025 at 5.30 p.m., the applicant and the remaining accused assaulted the defacto complainant, also outraged her modesty and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.P.Chandy Joseph, 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 above crime. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, she 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 acts, and if she is