O R D E R

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 accused in Crime No.1163/2025 of Nilambur Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3 32(c), 64(1), 64(2)(m) and 65(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023 and Sections 3 (a), 4(2), 5(l), 6, 7, 8, 9(l) and 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act , 2012.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on

21/07/2025 and first Friday in the month of August, 2025, the applicant trespassed into the property of the de facto complaint which is situated in Nilambur amsom, Chakkalakkal, who is a minor, kissed on the face and her private parts and also on the same day, the applicant committed penetrative sexual assault against the will of the de facto complainant in the vehicle of the applicant bearing registration No.KL-10-E-5416 at the Nilambur bypass on

25/11/2025 and also committed sexual assault in the shop of the applicant and hence committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Sri. M.Devesh, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri. M.C.Ashi, the learned