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 sole accused in Crime No.1594/2025 of Quilandy Police Station, Kozhikode District. The offences alleged are punishable under Sections 354A (2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 , and Sections 9 (l) r/w 10, 9(m) r/w 10 and 9(n) r/w 10 of the Protection of the Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the applicant, who is the brother-in-law of the father of the minor victim, used to sexually assault the victim from the time she was in the 5^th standard until she was in the 8^th standard, by gripping her breast. Thus, the applicant committed the offences alleged.

4. I have heard Sri.Saijo Hassan, the learned counsel for the applicant and Sri.K.A. Noushad, 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 entitled to