ORDER

[Bail Appl. Nos. 415 & 885 of 2026]

These applications are filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS ), seeking pre-arrest bail.

2. In B.A. No.415 of 2026, the applicants are the accused Nos.1 and 2 and in B.A. No.885 of 2026 the applicant is accused No.4 in Crime No.8/2026 of Vazhakkad Police Station, Malappuram District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 189(2), 191(2), 132, 121(1), 351 and 296(b) r/w with Section 190 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 , and Section

117(e) of the Kerala Police Act, 2011 .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that at about

12:17 am on 03.01.2026, the accused persons 1 to 15, due to their prior animosity to the defacto complainant and his colleagues, all of them are police officials, formed themselves into an unlawful assembly at Elamaram bridge in Vazhakkad village, deterred the official duties of the defacto complainant and his colleagues, assaulted and threatened them, uttered filthy language against them and hurled abuses at them. Thus, the applicants committed the above offences.

4. I have heard Sri.Renjith B. Marar, the learned counsel for the applicants and Sri.K.A. Nou