The denial of bail was justified based on the serious nature of the offences and the applicants' criminal antecedents.

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 applicants are the accused Nos.1 to 3 and 5 in Crime No.635/2025 of Pandikkad Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 332(b), 310(2) and 61(2)(a) read with 3(5)

of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that at about 02:45 a.m. on 29.12.2025, the accused Nos.1 to 5 in furtherance of their common intention to commit robbery, wearing pardha, criminally trespassed into the house of the de facto complainant at Kuttippuli, Pandikkad and physically assaulted the de facto complainant, her father and children and threatened to kill them pointing a knife at them. It is further alleged that the accused persons robbed the gold bangle weighing ¾ sovereigns worth Rs.75,000/- of the de facto complainant and her younger sister’s mobile phone worth Rs.15,000/-. Thus, the applicants are alleged to have committed the aforementioned offences.

4. I have heard Sri. Joseph Chandy, the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri. M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior 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 counsel further submitted that no materials are on record to connect the applicants with the alleged crime; hence, they are entitled to bail. On the other hand, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor submitted that the alleged incident occurred as a part of the intentional criminal acts of the applicants, and they are not entitled to bail at this stage.

6. The accused Nos.1, 3 and 5 were arrested on 01.01.2026 and the accused No.2 was arrested on 30.12.2025. A perusal of the case diary would reveal that the accusation against the applicants is very serious, and it prima facie shows a premeditated criminal act on their part. The applicants have strong criminal antecedents.

They are involved in so many other crimes of similar nature. Specific overt acts have been alleged against the applicants in the FIS. Considering the nature of the crime, the gravity of the offence, the complicity of the applicants in it, and the facts and circumstances mentioned above, I am of the view that the applicants cannot be released on bail at this stage. The bail application, accordingly, is dismissed.

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