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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.822/2012 of Nedupuzha Police Station, Thrissur District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 302 and 449 of the Indian Penal Code , 1860.

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

26.08.2012, between 06:00 a.m and 7:00 a.m, with an intention to commit the murder of the wife of defacto complainant, the applicant trespassed into the house of the defacto complainant, poured kerosene on her body and set her ablaze. Due to the severe burn injuries sustained, the wife of defacto complainant succumbed to death while undergoing treatment and thereby committed the offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Vishnu Bhuvanendran, 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 present case. The counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicant with the alleged crime; hence, he is enti