ORDER

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

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.2 and 3 in Crime No.1567/2025 of Thampanoor Police Station, Thiruvananthapuram District. The offence alleged is punishable under Section 318 (4) r/w Section 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused, with a common intention to deceive the de facto complainant and with a view to unlawful enrichment, offered to arrange an employment visa for the de facto complainant to work in Hungary and thereby caused her to deliver a total sum of Rs.12,50,000/- through bank transfer as well as in cash. After receiving the amount, the accused did not arrange the visa as agreed and thereby cheated the de facto complainant. Thus, the applicants committed the offence as alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.Latheesh Sebastian, the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.K.A.Noushad, the learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the case diary.

5. The learned counsel for the applicants submitted that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. The