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.1 in Crime No.74/2026 of Ernakulam Central Police Station, Ernakulam District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 3, 4 and 7(1)b of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (for short, the Act).

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant who is the Manager of the lodge, along with the accused No.2 conducted a brothel for obtaining wrongful gain. The defacto complainant on getting reliable information conducted raid on 17.01.2026 in between 5.15 pm and 6.30 pm in G.K. Residency situated near to Valanjambalam temple and women from different States were seen engaged in immoral trafficking and illegal sexual activities in room Nos.

101, 102 and 103.

4. I have heard Smt. Dhanya S. Nair, 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 material