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

2. The applicants are the accused Nos.1 and

2 in Crime No.32/2026 of Kumily Police Station, Idukki District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 296 (b), 115(2) and 118(1) read with Section 3 (5)

of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that, due to previous enmity towards the de facto complainant, on 15.01.2026 at about 08:30 p.m., the applicant No.1/accused No.1 abused the de facto complainant in filthy language and caused mental agony while he was standing on the road in front of his elder brother’s house at Vellaramkunnu. Thereafter, when the de facto complainant reached Vellaramkunnu town, the applicant No.1/accused No.1 again abused him and assaulted him by hitting on the back side of his right shoulder with his hand. Subsequently, the applicant No.2/accused No.2, who arrived at the spot in a tipper lorry bearing the name ‘Chinnus’, took a stick from the vehicle and attempted to assault the de facto complainant on his head. When the de facto complainant obstructed the blow with his